Columbia Man Indicted In Nashville Double Murder

NASHVILLE, TN — A 28-year-old Columbia man is in custody after he was indicted for a May 23 double murder at East Nashville's James Cayce Homes.

The Davidson County grand jury indicted Columbia's Tramell R. Sparkman, 28, for the murders of Brandon Jordan, 22, and Eric Allen, 38. Sparkman was arrested in Spring Hill shortly after the true bill was handed down. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

At 12:50 a.m May 23, Metro Police officers discovered the two men shot dead at an apartment in the Cayce Homes. Jordan was lying on the ground near the apartment’s porch, shot in the upper torso. Allen, who lived at the apartment, was found in the doorway with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Jordan died at the scene, while Allen was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Detectives believe robbery was the motive. In addition to the two murder charges, Sparkman is charged with a an attempted burglary on Electric Avenue the same day as the shootings and also faces charges for allegedly shooting a man on Cleveland Street the day after.

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