OT Bounty hunters who shot at wrong car found not guilty in killing of Clarksville dad

[SlyPokerDog]

Five bounty hunters have been found not guilty in the case of a man who was mistakenly gunned down in Clarksville.

Jalen Milan, 24, was killed on April 23, 2017 when police said the bounty hunters shot at the wrong sedan.

Milan left behind three children, ages 2, 3 and 4 at the time of his death. Milan was described by family members as a class clown, a life of the party person who was a lovable guy and an awesome father.

According to the Leaf-Chronicle, only one suspect was found guilty of one charge: Joshua Young was convicted of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon.


All seven bounty hunters were facing charges in the case, including murder. Two bounty hunters, Jonathan Schnepp Jr., 33, and Kenneth Chiasson, 40, took plea deals ahead of the trial.

The remaining bounty hunters, William Byles II, 32, Antwon Keesee, 33, Roger West Jr., 32, and Joshua Young, 28, and Prentice William, all stood trial.

The newspaper reported that defense attorneys argued the bounty hunters were acting in self-defense, as Milan sped off and struck some bounty hunters in the process.

Details of the shooting

According to a lawsuit, Milan was the backseat passenger in a vehicle with three other men in the parking lot of Walmart Neighborhood Market on April 23. The lawsuit said the suspects, believing that someone they were looking for was in the Milan vehicle, rushed toward the car with weapons drawn and began to break the windows. This happened "suddenly and without warning," according to the lawsuit.

Fearing they were being attacked by gang members, the driver of the car began to drive away. That's when the lawsuit says the suspects opened fire several times at the vehicle, striking Milan in his back and chest.

The suspects then entered their vehicle and began to chase the vehicle Milan was in for seven miles, the lawsuit said. Milan died shortly after the shooting from his injuries.

After the chase ended, the suspects apparently realized that the person they were looking for was not Milan nor anyone in that vehicle, the lawsuit says.

Not Milan nor any other occupants in the vehicle were wanted on outstanding charges and no one inside the vehicle was armed, the lawsuit said.

https://fox17.com/news/local/bounty...ound-not-guilty-in-killing-of-clarksville-dad

 

[SlyPokerDog]

@ABM you hear about this? Happened in Tennessee.

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Not guilty? Wtf? This is about as guilty as someone could get.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Not guilty? Wtf? This is about as guilty as someone could get.

That's just crazy. 7 dudes come up to your car with weapons, start breaking your windows and they're the ones who are claiming self defense?

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm curious.... did the guys who actually did the shooting take the plea deal and the guys who did not stand trial? It says two of them took plea deals before the trial.

Edit - nope

Two of them, Jonathan Schnepp Jr., 33, and Kenneth Chiasson, 40, reached plea deals with prosecutors in exchange for their testimony.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Wow this is fucked up. They're 100% murderers if that's what happened.

 

[Natebishop3]

It's pretty ridiculous in this day and age that you only need to say you feared for your life to kill someone.

 

[Chris Craig]

Murderers. They just ran up and started busting out windows. That is illegal in itself, then have the gull to say they shot in self defense? I would have driven out of there too, run those guys over or not. Fuck that. Then they chased them and shot at them. Sounds guilty as all hell.

 

[jonnyboy]

Wow. 7 adult dipshits with guns running around the countryside playing big-boy cop and killing people. Throw these pieces of shit in jail and take away their gun rights. Make them felons. That is a lynch mob, not a bounty hunter. That’s a fucking armed gang.

 

[crandc]

Yeah, we really need more violent idiots with guns.