CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Almost 10 years after the 2017 fatal shooting of a Clarksville man in New Providence, the trial begins this month for three defendants.
On the afternoon of Nov. 20, 2017, Clarksville Police responded to a shooting in the 200 block of Mitchell Street and found 28-year-old Rayquan Hudson on the front porch with gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was transported by ambulance to Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville in critical condition and later died from his injuries.
According to a Montgomery County grand jury indictment, Darius Devon Woods, Khavell Solomonmilik Williams and Shamar Lebron Blount killed Hudson during a robbery or theft.
Indictment papers previously obtained by Clarksville Now state that Blount was attempting to rob Hudson of cocaine and marijuana, leading to a fight that resulted in the shooting.
Woods, Williams and Blount were indicted by the August 2022 session of the Montgomery County Grand Jury on charges of first-degree felony murder and robbery. Williams and Blount were served with their indictments in October 2022. Woods, 29, was arrested in March 2023.
Their trial for all three will begin Feb. 23 at 8:30 a.m. at the Montgomery County Courts Center.
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