CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – With 15 witnesses down, the state is close to resting their case in the trial for two half-brothers charged with the murder of 19-year-old Malik Madison. On Wednesday, the jury heard testimony from law enforcement about counterfeit cash, “darn good accuracy,” and text messages that pointed the brothers toward Cranklen Circle.
On Feb. 22, 2020, at around 9:45 p.m., police responded to a shots fired call at the 200 block of Cranklen Circle near the Clarksville Regional Airport. Responders arrived to find Malik Madison, 19, gravely injured. He was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and six days later, on Feb. 28, Madison died from his injuries.
During the investigation, police arrested two suspects, KyJuan Fuller, 16 at the time, and Jakarius Medley, then 18, who are half-brothers.
1. Motion picture money, rifle pistol
Sgt. Michael Ulrey was an assistant crime scene/homicide detective in 2020 and made initial contact with Medley the day after the shooting.
With the consent of Medley’s mother, Ulrey searched his room and found a THC vape cartridge, vape pen, cell phone and charger, and $100 in counterfeit cash, or “motion picture” money – fake cash used as props on movie and television sets.
A few days later, Ulrey searched Alexis Nolin-Fowler’s apartment on Airport Road, where he found a cheetah print backpack containing a .22 pistol, THC edibles, and a hat linked to the crime.
2. Jack-Jack and Gigi
Ashlynn Robidoux was staying with her sister at the Needmore apartment complex. Her sister was roommates with a girl named Gianna “Gigi” Urgiles, then 20, who was the girlfriend of “Jack-Jack,” a then 17-year-old. He has been mentioned throughout testimony and, according to the indictment, was the intended victim.
On Feb. 22, 2020, Robidoux said, Jack-Jack made it clear he was going to rob Medley by paying him with counterfeit cash. She was downstairs grabbing a bag out of her car when Medley and the others realized Jack-Jack had scammed them. They asked her to get him and followed her up the stairs, where an altercation between Jack-Jack and Medley broke out.
Later that evening, she heard someone trying to kick in the door, and she hid in the bathroom.
Deputy District Attorney Michael Pugh asked her to read a series of Snapchat messages sent between Gigi and Medley after they tried to kick in the door. According to the messages, at some point Gigi falsely told Medley that Jack-Jack had left her apartment and was with Malik Madison.
Gigi sent a message to Medley warning him not to come back or she would call the police, to which Medley told her that Jack-Jack brought the “beef to her crib,” and he didn’t have too much to lose.
Robidoux said there was another message from Medley to Gigi around 11 p.m.: “That’s strike one. Pass the message.”
The next day, Gigi sent Medley another message: “Police will know everything. You shot Malik. You’re done for.”
Medley responded with confusion and Gigi said, “Yup, police will see all the messages, I swear to (expletive) god.”
“I don’t even know where he stay,” Medley said. “How would I know they was there? I’m confused.”
“You’ve been with us to Jack Miller once before and I told you (Jack-Jack) left my house and was with Meek (Malik.)”
According to Robidoux’s testimony, Jack-Jack and Gigi had never left the apartment.
3. ‘Darn good accuracy’
Sgt. Nicholas Newman, CPD homicide detective, testified that, in order to stay on the homicide team, you have to qualify on guns regularly. If you fail these gun qualifications, you’re off the team.
Pugh asked him to weigh in with his gun expertise on the situation: An unknown amount of rounds has been fired, possibly 15. Two rounds make it through a halfway open window on the second floor, a third hits the victim in the head.
“What type of accuracy is that?” Pugh asked him.
“In my opinion, it’s darn good,” Newman replied. “Especially when you consider you’re on the road and you’re shooting elevated … shooting from ground-up is very difficult.”
The trial is set to resume Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Montgomery County Courts Center.
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