Incident

2-17-2021 Tennessee Clarksville 1-2

Location

February 17, 2021

3400 block of Pembroke Rd
Clarksville, Tennessee

Participants

  • Type: Victim
  • Name: Briareus Thomas
  • Age: 2
  • Age Group: Child 0-11
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Killed
  • Type: Subject-Suspect
  • Relationship: Family
  • Age Group: Child 0-11
  • Status: Unharmed
  • Type: Subject-Suspect
  • Name: Julian Chester
  • Age: 31
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

  • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
  • Accidental Shooting
  • Accidental Shooting - Death
  • Accidental/Negligent Discharge
  • Playing with gun
  • Child Involved Incident
  • Child killed by child

Notes

toddler fatally shot while three children under age 4 played with unsecured handgun in home; mother’s boyfriend arrested on drug and weapons charges

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

  • Type: Handgun

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 22
State House District: 74