More trouble for Vanderbilt players

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason has indefinitely suspended “from all football activities” the three Commodores football players who were involved in an incident that resulted in two of them getting shot.

Nashville police said defensive back Tae Daley suffered a noncritical gunshot wound to his leg and defensive back Frank Coppet received noncritical birdshot wounds to his arms Monday night in an “illconceived plan” to recover wide receiver Donaven Tennyson’s stolen cellphone.

According to police, Tennyson had offered his phone for sale on an Internet site and met with a prospective buyer at a Chili’s parking lot at 5 p.m. Monday. Tennyson told police his phone was stolen during the meeting and later that night was offered for sale on the same Internet site.

Tennyson said he arranged a meeting with the seller in a Target parking lot and arrived with Daley and Coppet. Police said the three players brought a pellet pistol, which one of them said was “to help get the phone back.”

Police said Coppet got out of Daley’s Toyota with the pellet pistol in his hand when a man who pulled up next to them in a Buick got out and shot at the three players with an actual pistol. Police said another man in the Buick fired a shotgun at them.

No arrests have been made.