NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee returned a superseding indictment today, charging a Gangster Disciples member with the murder of a Clarksville man.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville, Rex Andrew Whitlock, aka Stackhouse, 33, of Clarksville, Tennessee, is charged in a 45-count superseding indictment. Whitlock is already in custody in connection with this investigation, having been indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges in June 2017 and on federal racketeering charges in December 2017.
Gangster Disciples member Rex Andrew Whitlock allegedly laid in wait for a member of a rival gang outside a gas station in Clarksville, followed him down the street, and murdered him.
“This superseding indictment reflects the government’s ongoing efforts to hold the Gangster Disciples organization accountable for acts of violence in Middle Tennessee over the past decade,” said U.S. Attorney Cochran. “By this prosecution, we also seek to bring closure to the family of a victim of gang violence in Clarksville and justice to the community that suffered as a result of this crime. As this investigation continues, we will continue to bring charges like these whenever the evidence permits.”
According to the superseding indictment, Whitlock and other members of the Gangster Disciples waited outside Dodge’s Chicken, a gas station in Clarksville, in the early morning hours of September 1, 2007. Whitlock and other Gangster Disciples then followed a member of the rival Bloods gang as he left Dodge’s Chicken and drove down Tobacco Road in Clarksville, at which time Whitlock shot and killed him.
If convicted, Whitlock potentially faces imposition of the death penalty.
This extensive investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation; the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office; the Clarksville Police Department; the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office; the Murfreesboro Police Department; the Gallatin Police Department; the Kentucky State Police; and the 19th Judicial District Drug Task Force. Assistant United States Attorney Ben Schrader and U.S. Department of Justice Trial Attorney Ivana Nizich are prosecuting the case.