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3rd and final suspect in 2018 drug deal shooting arrested on murder charge in Clarksville

3rd and final suspect in 2018 drug deal shooting arrested on murder charge in Clarksville

Terrance Sharell Taylor (MCSO, contributed) Photo: Clarksville Now


Updated with additional information.

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The third and final suspect has been arrested in a drug-deal turned shooting in June 2018, resulting in the death of Clarksville man.

Terrance Sharell Taylor, 26, was taken into custody May 16 on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery in the death of 30-year-old James Wells.

Police detectives determined the fatal shooting occurred during a drug transaction. On June 5, 2018, the suspects met with Wells in the parking lot of The Verge apartments on Nolen Road. The suspects got in a fight with Wells, stole heroin and cash from him, and shot him in the back, according to the indictment and previous reports.

Clarksville Police previously arrested Shundarion Dayqwhon Taylor, 27, and Kylando Catwan Mason, 31. They were indicted by the June 2023 session of the Montgomery County grand jury on murder and robbery charges.

Wells was found by police with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle. He was transported by ambulance to Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville and died from his injuries.

Police later found a handgun at Shundarion Dayqwhon Taylor’s residence with an expended shell casing in the chamber of the gun, according to previous reports.

Correction: The Verge was an apartment complex on Nolen Road. It was renamed Grayson Apartments in 2019.

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