James Tyler Garrett, indicted for the February 2021 murder of Javier Wiley, pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to serve 16 years.
Wiley was shot and killed at his residence on Fair St. in McMinnville. Wiley meet his friends, 30 year old James Garrett and his wife Megan at their residence on Fair St. on Friday night and went to several bars in Murfreesboro.
Wiley and Garrett got into an altercation on their way back to McMinnville.
After they arrived Garrett told Wiley he needed to leave. After Wiley refused, Garrett went inside his residence and came outside with an AR-15 rifle. Garrett warned him again to leave and then Wiley allegedly charged at him with Garrett firing multiple rounds, two hitting a residence across the street, and at least one hitting Wiley.
Warren Co. EMS arrived on the scene and transported Wiley to River Park Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
On April 3, Garrett pleaded guilty and waived his right to trial by jury. Garrett pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for which he received a sentence of 16 years and court costs. Counts two and three were dismissed. Garrett was to receive credit for time served in jail from Feb. 6, 2021, to April 3, 2023.