In the winter of 2018, the life of 39-year-old Detrick D. Mosley was tragically cut short in his hometown of Clarksville, Tennessee. On the evening of January 26th, Mosley was in the parking lot of the In and Out Market on Kraft Street when he was shot. Despite being rushed to Tennova hospital, he succumbed to his injuries. A Clarksville native and former student of Northeast High School, Detrick was remembered by his family as a laid-back and easy-going man with a big smile who loved to tell
jokes.
The investigation into the shooting moved swiftly under the direction of Detective Chris Cunningham. A suspect, 25-year-old Deandre Marrece Ellis, was identified and apprehended. At the time of Mosley's death, Ellis was already in custody at the Montgomery County Jail on unrelated charges of Felon in Possession of a Handgun and Violation of Probation. In May of that year, while still incarcerated, Ellis was served with warrants for the murder of Detrick Mosley. The charges against him included First Degree Murder, Tampering with Evidence, and Theft.
In April 2019, Deandre Ellis faced a jury trial for his role in Detrick Mosley's death. The trial concluded with a guilty verdict for second-degree murder, as well as convictions for being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon and tampering with evidence. Judge Jill Ayers handed down a sentence totaling 51 years in prison. For the second-degree murder charge, Ellis received a 35-year sentence to be served in its entirety. He was also sentenced to 16 years for the weapon charge and 8 years for tampering with evidence, with those two sentences running concurrently but consecutively to the murder sentence. It was noted during sentencing that Ellis was on parole for attempted second-degree murder at the time he killed Mosley. The sentence requires him to serve approximately 40 years before becoming eligible for parole.
