Arrest made after 2-year-old shot to death in Middle Tennessee

October 15, 2015 at 12:04 p.m. | Updated October 16, 2015 at 11:17 a.m.

by Associated Press

Crime scene investigators stand outside the home in the 900 block of Princeton Drive on Monday after a shooting that left a 2-year-old dead and an adult in critical condition. Photo: RAY HOWZE/The Leaf-Chronicle
Crime scene investigators stand outside the home in the 900 block of Princeton Drive on Monday after a shooting that left a 2-year-old dead and an adult in critical condition. Photo: RAY HOWZE/The Leaf-Chronicle
photo Zackery Alexander

Police in Tennessee say they have arrested a Kentucky man in the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old boy.

Media cited a statement from Clarksville police saying 21-year-old Zackery Alexander of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, was charged on Wednesday with criminal homicide in the death of 2-year-old Joseph Bankston. The police statement said the boy's shooting was "intentional."

The arrest came the same day the state offered a reward of $15,000 for information in the case.

Gov. Bill Haslam, who announced the reward money, said he hoped it would "bring whoever did this to justice."

The shooting on Oct. 4 at a home in Clarksville also injured 22-year-old Brandon Jimenez, who is currently in critical condition.

Alexander was booked at the Montgomery County jail. It wasn't immediately clear whether he has an attorney.

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