Parkway Village Man Convicted in Shootings

     Sept. 17, 2021 – A Parkway Village man was convicted Friday of killing one person, wounding another and trying to kill a third in a 2018 domestic incident at an apartment complex at Winchester Road and Clearbrook Street, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

    A Criminal Court jury convicted 26-year-old Cadarius Head on one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. He was automatically sentenced to life in prison on the murder case, and will be sentenced on the two other cases at a later date by Judge Chris Craft.

   The incident occurred shortly after 9 p.m. on Oct. 4, 2018, at the Clearbrook Village Apartments where Head’s former girlfriend had gone to pick up baby diapers from Head’s mother. Head and the woman are parents of a son.

   When the woman came out of the apartment, she saw Head arguing with two men who had accompanied her. Head then pulled a pistol and shot 23-year-old Terry Kelley several times at close range, and then shot the other man several times as he ran away.

   The woman also ran away, fearing Head was going to shoot her as well. Kelley was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other man, 27, was taken to a hospital in critical condition for gunshot wounds to both legs and to his wrist.

    Head was arrested on Nov. 21, 2018, in Houston, Texas.

    The case was handled by Asst. Dist. Attys. Jamie Kidd and Ashley Finch.