Metro Nashville police on Tuesday said a would-be robber shot earlier this week outside an Antioch apartment complex was Jordan Ponce, 19.

Ponce, of Ricehill Court in Antioch, was dropped off at TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center after the Monday night shooting and transferred to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in critical condition to be treated for wounds to his stomach and hand, police spokesman Don Aaron said.

A 25-year-old woman told police that, about 9:30 p.m., she was walking to her Baker Station apartment when a stranger, later identified as Ponce, ran up behind her and grabbed her purse.

The woman said that as she resisted, Ponce grabbed her and started bashing her head into the wall of the building as she screamed.

The woman’s 29-year-old husband heard the screams, Aaron said, and came out of their apartment. At some point, he said, the husband jumped over a railing and landed on top of Ponce.

After a struggle between the men, Ponce got up and ran toward the parking lot, police said. The husband followed him, and the two got into a second fight in which the husband said Ponce hit him in the head and got up.

Not knowing Ponce’s next move, the husband said he pulled out a gun and opened fire on Ponce.

Struck by bullets, Ponce ran to a stolen, silver Acura, fled the apartment complex, and was dropped off a short time later at TriStar.

Whoever dropped him off at the hospital left in the stolen Acura.

Police said the man's wife was treated at Summit Medical Center for cuts and bruises to her head.

The Acura was stolen about 90 minutes before the attempted robbery from an apartment complex on Linbar Drive, police said. The keys had been left in the vehicle. It was recovered at 1:50 a.m. Tuesday from an apartment complex in the 500 block of Piccadilly Row, according to police.

Detectives continued to investigate the case on Tuesday.

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