Man arrested in Illinois in connection with July homicide of Nashville man
A man wanted in connection to the July homicide of Kentrail Williams was arrested in Kane County, Illinois.
Markarion Cole, 21, is charged with criminal homicide, according to a Metro Nashville Police release. Police said the shooting was targeted.
Williams was fatally shot July 22 at the Thornton's Market on Eagle View Boulevard at Bell Road in Antioch as he was walking out of the store, the release said. He died after arriving at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Growing up in Memphis, Williams worked since he was 16 to try and save money to buy his mom Elizabeth Hunt a home, his girlfriend Taylor Barlow said.
Williams and Barlow were new to Nashville when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down their factory jobs. The two would drive around their new city, she said Williams felt at peace at the wheel.
When lockdowns eased up, Williams went to school for his commercial driving license. He wanted to become an owner-operator of his own trucking business, and he was working toward getting his hazmat license.
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