NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Police say a convicted felon on probation out of Rutherford County was the man who was randomly firing shots from his car, causing several schools to go on lockdown.

Marcos Palacios-Amaya, 24, is now in custody in the Downtown Detention Center on charges of felony reckless endangerment, gun theft, unlawful gun possession by a convicted felon, and felony evading arrest.

According to police, Palacios-Amaya was firing shots from a stolen AR-15 rifle for more than an hour, stopping inside the Plaza Mariachi, then began shooting random shots from the parking lot and near a mobile home park on Waikiki Boulevard, which led to a police chase through the south side of Nashville.

During the manhunt, Nashville police posted a photo showing Palacios-Amaya armed with a lon

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