'Stay away from the girlfriend': Jealous boyfriend trying to scare man after gymnastics event kills him with gunshot on highway, cops say

Two men are down bars successful Tennessee aft constabulary accidental a assemblage pupil traveling backmost from a gymnastics lawsuit was changeable and killed due to the fact that of jealousy implicit a woman.

Brayden Carter, 19, and Damarion Coleman, 18, person some been charged with first-degree murder successful the decease of 20-year-old Andre Justus Bell, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department announced. Jail records reviewed by Law&Crime amusement that Carter besides faces gun charges.

On the nighttime of Jan. 11, Bell, a pupil astatine Fisk University successful Nashville, Tennessee, "was headed backmost to campus" from the Nashville Fairgrounds "after volunteering to assistance with our Fisk University gymnastics meet," according to constabulary and the university's athletics director. He was driving his achromatic Nissan Sentra connected I-65 northbound astatine the I-40 East junction with 2 different students.

A dark-colored sedan pulled alongside the Sentra and "[s]omeone successful that acheronian car started shooting," according to police. Bell was struck successful the head, and helium died.

For months, investigators searched for the idiosyncratic oregon persons responsible. In March, the constabulary section announced that Bell's household posted a $25,000 reward, successful summation to a $5,000 reward offered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and a reward of up to $5,000 offered by Nashville Crime Stoppers.

On Tuesday, officers announced their arrests of Carter and Coleman. They person besides shared their suspected motive for the shooting.

Carter was jealous and possessive implicit his girlfriend, a subordinate of the university's gymnastics team, constabulary said, citing cellphone data, per section NBC affiliate WSMV.

"It has been reported that helium did not similar different young men talking to her," constabulary added successful a property release. "Carter and Coleman are alleged to person been astatine the fairgrounds that January nighttime and followed Bell and his 2 teammates with the intent of scaring the hoops squad to enactment distant from the girlfriend."

Bell was a hoops subordinate astatine Fisk University and was "a student and beloved, integral part" of the team, the athletics manager said.

"[W]e mislaid a person connected and disconnected the hoops court," the team's manager added successful January. "He was a ascendant unit connected the Fisk University Men's Basketball team, but helium was astir remembered for his infectious smile, loving personality, and unsocial quality to ever bring warmth to a room."

Carter and Coleman besides look attempted execution charges, but Coleman's lawsuit is presently successful juvenile court, arsenic helium was 17 astatine the clip of the shooting. In their petition for accusation astir the incidental successful March, constabulary did not notation anyone other successful the car with Bell being injured.