CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Clarksville Police Department has made an arrest in the 2020 fatal shooting at King Mao restaurant.
On Dec. 2, 2020, at approximately 10:30 a.m., 28-year-old Seth Stephens was found shot multiple times at the restaurant at 210 Needmore Road.
An investigation by the Clarksville Police Special Operations Homicide Unit, with the assistance of the Joliet Police Department, Illinois, led to the identification of Jaelyn Deon Gant as the suspect in the case, Beaubien said
The case was presented to the September 2021 grand jury, which returned an indictment for Gant on first-degree murder and other related charges. Gant has been in custody in Illinois on unrelated charges.
On Wednesday, Gant was extradited from Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, to the Montgomery County Jail, and served with the indictments.
The lead detective is Keenan Carlton.