Frankie Cordeira Jr.

Description: Bounty Hunters Charged With Murder in Mistaken Identity Slaying... Stephanie Ingersoll USA TODAY NETWORK TENNESSEE Published 10:02 a.m. CT May 3 2017 | Updated 56 minutes ago CLOSE Jalen Johnson was shot Sunday April 23 during a confrontation with bail bondsmen. Erica Brechtelsbauer/USA TODAY NETWORK-Tennessee Antwon Keesee(Photo: MCSO) Seven men all bounty hunters or bail bondsmen were charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Jalen Johnson who was killed while being pursued in a case of mistaken identity. "After an exhaustive investigation numerous man hours expended interviewing individuals processing crime scenes and sorting through statements and evidence the information was presented to the grand jury for consideration" said Clarksville Police spokesman Jim Knoll. A grand jury that met Monday and Tuesday returned multiple indictments against the bounty hunters and found no crimes were committed by Johnson or the three men in the car with him. The confrontation began in the parking lot of a Walmart Neighborhood Market on Whitfield Road early on the morning of April 23. It led to a car chase that ended with two men shot inside a car on Fort Campbell Boulevard. Johnson a 24-year-old father of three young children who went by thelast name Milan according to some family members was killed by the gunfire. He was a passenger in the backseat of the car and the driver was injured but survived. Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries: Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide The grand jury returned indictments on seven men with 16 charges each. The following men were booked into Montgomery County Jail on Tuesday: William L. Byles 31 Clarksville Kenneth Chiasson 38 Clarksville Antwon D. Keesee 32 Clarksville Jonathan Schnepp 31 Clarksville Roger D. West 31 Clarksville Prentice L. Williams 34 Nevada Joshua Young 27 Clarksville Most of the men were bounty hunters and some were bail bondsmen. Generally bondsmen arrange bond to get detainees out of jail while bounty hunters are paid to track down and detain people who fail to meet the bond agreement. Each of the men were charged with: First-degree felony murder Three counts of attempted second degree murder Three counts of especially aggravated kidnapping Attempted especially aggravated kidnapping Aggravated assault Three counts of aggravated assault x 3 Employing firearms in commission of dangerous felony Felony reckless endangerment Bond was set at$300000 for each man. RELATED:Family says bail bondsmen had wrong man in fatal shooting On April 23 Johnson and three other people were in a Nissan at theWalmart Neighborhood Marketon Whitfield Boulevardwhen they were approached by bounty hunters and bail bondsmen according to previous reports. The bounty hunters thought that William Ellis who has warrants on file was in the car Knoll said. Ellis was not in the car and none of the men in the car had warrants on file according to Clarksville Police. According to a Leaf-Chronicle review of 911 logs that night one of the bonding agentsclaimed he was shot at by men inside the Nissan before returning fire. But according to Knoll there were no indications that anyone inthe carhad a firearm or that anyone shot at the bonding agents. RELATED:Bail bondsman told 911 he was fired at prior to fatal shooting According to indictments Keesee Byles Schnepp Young West Williams and Chiasson tried to unlawfully imprison Johnson by displaying handguns killed him in the perpetration of a kidnapping and caused him to suffer injuries that led to his death. The bail bondsmen and bounty hunters also tried to falsely imprison Jaydon Hogan Marquentas Gold and Tyrone McKeage tried to kill each man by shooting at them used firearms during the commission of a violent felony and caused them to fear for their lives. Finally the grand jury charged them with felony reckless endangerment for "conduct with deadly weapons that placed or may have placed other person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury by discharging firearms numerous times in aWalmart parking lot in which there were multiple store customers." The investigation is ongoing Knoll said. This is a developing story and it will be updated. William Byles(Photo: MCSO) Roger West(Photo: MCSO) Joshua Young(Photo: MCSO) Jonathan Schnepp(Photo: MCSO) Prentice Williams(Photo: MCSO) Kenneth Chiasson(Photo: MCSO) Read or Share this story: http://leafne.ws/2qz6zvR
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