A 31-year-old man pulled a weapon on a food-delivery driver in Nashville Monday night, according to authorities, and the suspect was found nearby carrying a gold BB gun. Metro Nashville police identified the man as Antonio Covington and said he approached a driver delivering food for DoorDash before pointing the gun at him.
According to WKRN News 2, the victim called police after the confrontation, and officers responded to the intersection of Ewing Valley Road and Village Trail at about 10:38 p.m. Arrest documents cited by the station state that Covington was found nearby carrying the gold BB gun and that the victim positively identified him as the suspect on the scene.
Felony Charge and Bond Details
Covington was booked on a felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, per the arrest documents, along with a misdemeanor drug charge. His bond was set at $12,000, the station reported.
The use of a BB gun in an alleged assault against a delivery driver echoes a string of unrelated incidents around Nashville in recent months involving people who work for apps like DoorDash encountering threats or violence on the job. Those cases, while separate from Monday's incident, underscore the kinds of confrontations drivers have reported while out on deliveries.
Other Recent Incidents Involving Delivery Drivers
In April, a DoorDash driver was shot during an attempted carjacking outside a Walgreens in Berry Hill and returned fire, fatally shooting the suspect, whom police identified as 40-year-old Brandon Phillips, according to WSMV. In a separate and fatal case, 33-year-old DoorDash driver David Valentine Jr. was shot while driving near a nightclub on Murfreesboro Pike and later died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the outlet reported.
Another incident in December involved 50-year-old Natalie D. Cross, who was accused of pointing a long gun at a woman retrieving a DoorDash order that had been delivered to the wrong house. Cross was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to the same source. A separate report from thenashville.org also described a man arrested after reportedly waving a gun outside a Nashville bar.
These cases are individual examples reported separately and do not establish a broader trend or rate of violence involving delivery drivers in the Nashville area. No further details about Covington's case, including any court proceedings, have been made public.
