TSU student charged with reckless homicide
TSU student charged with reckless homicide in shooting death of student Rickey Scott
by Jason Hall, Bobby Atkinson - fox17.com/news
Sunday, October 13th 2019
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(UPDATE: 10/17/19 at 10:30 p.m.)
Detectives in north Nashville have charged TSU student George Wells, Jr. with reckless homicide for Sunday's shooting that left fellow student Rickey Scott, 19, dead.
Wells, 18, lived in the same Watson Hall dormitory as Scott and told police late Wednesday that he brought what he thought was a pellet gun to Scott's room and was handling it when he pulled the trigger. Scott died not long later at Skyline Medical Center.
Wells was identified as a suspect after he was spotted on security footage going into Scott's room before the shooting.
The gun hasn't been recovered.
Wells is being held in the Davidson County Jail on a $45,000 bond.
