The four men arrested for Wednesday’s murder of ATM customer Herbert Clayton, Jr. are now being held in the Metro Jail in lieu of $750,000 bond each.
Charged in Nashville with criminal homicide are Christopher Lee Davis, 19, James E. Phillips, 21, Michael Miller, 20, all of 1100 Wynnewood Drive in Castilion Springs, Tennessee, and Marcus L. Bradford, 18, of 3037 Fieldstone Drive in Antioch.
Detectives believe that Davis was the shooter. The semi-automatic pistol believed to have been used to kill Clayton has been recovered.
Late Tuesday night, the suspects are believed to have taken part in the kidnapping of a man in Trousdale County. That victim was able to free himself and report what occurred to authorities. The suspects are then alleged to have driven to Nashville and killed Clayton as he used the ATM next to the Bank of America branch at 2669 Murfreesboro Pike.
On Wednesday evening, Trousdale and Sumner County Sheriff’s deputies recovered the kidnapping victim’s car off State Highway 25. That car ultimately led those investigators to the four suspects and the home in Castilion Springs.
“Four very dangerous men are now behind bars thanks to the tremendous teamwork of the sheriff’s offices in Trousdale and Sumner County, and our South Precinct detectives,” Chief Ronal Serpas said. “We all believe that these men would have victimized other innocent persons had they not been caught.”
Davis, at age 17, was charged with criminal homicide on June 12, 2005, for that day’s shooting death of Derek Taylor on Olivia Drive in Antioch. The case against Davis was transferred from Juvenile to Criminal Court. He remained in custody until February 28, 2007, when the case was dismissed due to lack of witness cooperation.
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