Tennessee mom accused of multiple carjacking and using child as a shield

A Tennessee mother was arrested after she stole three cars and used her five-year-old child as a shield while firing a gun at a carjacking victim.

Bethany Wilson, 24, was wanted by police after she carjacked multiple people starting with a 51-year-old woman while at a mini-mart in Clarksville, Tennessee on Thursday around 4:40pm.

Wilson approached a woman who was pumping gas into her Nissan Juke at gunpoint before she fled to a nearby location and carjacked another victim at 5:16pm.

The second victim told police Wilson had stolen his black Mercedes Benz at gunpoint and used a child as a shield while firing at him.

Police were on the hunt for Wilson until around 11pm when they received a tip she was at the local Days Inn off exit 11 after stealing a Ford F-150 that was involved in a crash.

The cars Wilson stole were recovered by police as she abandoned them and sought other victims. 

Police later learned Wilson last stole a Ford that she later crashed on I-24 near mile marker 16. 

She fled the scene and then checked into an Inn. It is unclear if anyone was injured in the crash. 

Police arrested Wilson at the Inn and safely recovered her child. She charged her with Carjacking and Aggravated Robbery.

It is unclear why Wilson went on the carjacking spree.

Wilson is being held Montgomery County Jail on a $20,000 bond. 

Clarksville is a small county about 50 miles north of Nashville on the Kentucky border. 

The city's crime rate has decreased in the past four years, according to data obtained by Clarksville Now. 

About 700 less crimes, or 12,769 were reported in 2021 in comparison to 13,455 in 2020. 

Tennessee is overall the third largest state in the country for violent crime, according to WKRN.