Crime & Public Safety

Clayton County man among 2 arrested in connection with Nashville murder

Left to right: Barry Ricks and Micher Louissaint
Left to right: Barry Ricks and Micher Louissaint
July 27, 2018

Two men, including one from Morrow, were arrested Wednesday in Clayton County in connection with a 2017 murder in Nashville, WTVF reported.

Barry Ricks, 33, of Morrow, and Micher Louissaint, 26, of Old Hickory, Tenn., face charges of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery, according to Clayton County Jail records.

Ricks was arrested at a home in Clayton County, and Louissaint was arrested preparing to board a plane for California at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, WTVF reported.

Kevion Tate, 18, was shot and killed on August 31, 2017.
Kevion Tate, 18, was shot and killed on August 31, 2017.

A third suspect, Trevario Pillar, 23, was arrested on April 9 on the same charges, WTVF reported.

The fatal shooting took place August 31, 2017, in the parking lot of Hickory Trace Apartment and killed 18-year-old Kevion Tate, according to WTVF.

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