Nashville Murder Suspect Caught In Kentucky: Report

NASHVILLE, TN — The Kentucky State Police arrested a Nashville man Friday on a charge of first-degree murder in a June 22 shooting in an alley, according to the Nashville police. In addition, a second man was taken into custody Friday for first-degree murder in the killing of Timothy Orlando White, 35.

Acting on a tip from the Metro Nashville Police Department's Gang Unit, officers with the Kentucky State Police apprehended Racardo Spencer, 31, in Oak Grove, near the Tennessee border. Also in jail is Anthony McDonald, 25, of Taylor Merritt Court in Nashville, the Metro police said. (For more weather updates and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

A grand jury indicted both men on charges of first-degree murder and unlawful gun possession by a convicted felon. The charges stem from the shooting of White on the night of June 22, in an alleyway between apartment buildings in the 600 block of 41st Avenue North, the Nashville police said.

The police were called to the scene, but they didn't find White because he had been taken to General Hospital, WZTV Fox17 reported. White was then taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he died.

McDonald is facing unrelated drug and firearm charges, the Nashville police said. He received a five-year sentence in 2010 for aggravated assault.

Spencer also has a prior criminal record, the police said. In February, he received two eight-year sentences for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and felony drug convictions. The sentences were mostly converted to probation. Spencer received a four-year sentence in 2008 for reckless homicide.

Images: Above, Shutterstock; below, Racardo Spencer and Anthony McDonald (Metro Nashville Police Department)