Man Arrested for Friday Night's Murder and Attempted Murder on McBride Road

MNPD detectives from the Homicide and TITANS Units, with assistance from LaVergne Police, this morning arrested Kevin Rivera, 19, for Friday night's murder of Eric Contreras, 19, and the wounding of Contreras' pregnant girlfriend, Alena Dean, 18, in the 4700 block of McBride Road in Antioch.

Rivera was taken into custody just before 5 a.m. at a home on Farmingdale Drive in LaVergne.

South Precinct officers responded to the McBride Road shooting call at 8:35 p.m. Friday. Contreras was found lying in the street with a wound to his head and died shortly after arriving at the hospital. Dean was found inside a car wounded and is expected to survive.

The investigation, being led by Detective Chris Cote, shows that the three parties knew each other. Contreras and Dean were sitting in a vehicle on McBride Road when Rivera arrived. Contreras and Rivera had a brief conversation just before the shots were fired. The gunfire appears to be connected to an ongoing dispute.

Rivera is charged with criminal homicide and attempted criminal homicide.