CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Jurors heard emotional testimony Tuesday in the 2021 Eagle View Drive fatal shooting trial from the victim’s girlfriend, who said her ex-boyfriend threatened to kill the victim.

John Edward Bean IV, 44, has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Lee claims Bean was harassing her

Erica Lee told jurors she and Bean were in an on-again, off-again relationship for about 15 years before mutually agreeing to end it in September 2020. She said she made it clear she did not want to reconcile.

Lee said she heard from Bean again in December 2020, after he learned she was dating Trasbin “Tray” Campbell, who had recently been released from prison. “He didn’t want me to see Mr. Campbell,” she said. “He basically said I needed to stop seeing him, and if I didn’t, that he would kill him.”

Bean repeatedly called her and made similar threats, she said. She changed her number in February 2021, and then Bean began sending threatening emails instead.

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She installed a home security system on March 8, 2021, and filed for an order of protection that same month, which was granted. Although she had an order of protection in place, Bean still had visitation rights to their then-13-year-old daughter, she said.

Lee testified that on March 26, 2021, she met Bean at a gas station in Nashville to drop off their daughter with him, in an exchange of custody. She said their daughter had her own key to Lee’s home and had it with her at the time.

Masked man enters house, kills Campbell

That evening, Lee celebrated her birthday and had a few drinks. She said Campbell drove them home, returning around 1:45 a.m. on March 27. She was later awakened by Campbell’s screams.

Campbell was standing in the bathroom doorway telling her he had been shot, Lee said. She testified that a man dressed in black, wearing gloves and a ski mask, entered the bedroom holding a gun. Lee said she recognized the gunman’s voice and eyes, identifying him as Bean.

She said the intruder told her to get down and demanded money. “I was pleading with him, telling him, ‘Stop. No. Don’t do this,” Lee testified.

Lee said Campbell swung at the intruder and was shot again, this time in the head. “He fell to the floor,” she said, becoming emotional. The intruder held her at gunpoint demanding the alarm code. After she gave it to him, she said, he ran downstairs, entered the code and returned to the bedroom. “He kicked Tray in the face twice,” she said, tearing up.

Lee said that after the intruder left the room, she tried attending to Campbell’s injuries and searching for her phone. She said she went downstairs and struggled with the newly installed alarm system before activating the panic button. She then ran outside, where officers were arriving at the scene.

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Lee testified that only her phone, Campbell’s phone and his car keys were taken during the home invasion.

“He wanted his family back,” she said of Bean.

Officers respond to shooting scene

Clarksville Police Sgt. Adam Post testified that he responded to the Eagle View Drive residence at about 4 a.m. on March 27, 2021.

Post said Lee told officers the suspect was wearing a mask but that she recognized the shooter’s voice. He testified that Campbell was found on the bedroom floor with significant blood present in the bedroom and bathroom.

Officer George Goodman testified that Lee was hysterical when he arrived and immediately told officers that her ex-boyfriend had killed her boyfriend.

Post said he later discovered Lee’s phone along eastbound Interstate 24 toward Nashville.

Court recessed Tuesday and will resume Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at the Montgomery County Courts Center.

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