Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office / Adrian Darnell NixonFor Adrian Darnell Nixon, the good news just kept on coming Monday.
Nixon, 33, who was acquitted early Saturday on charges of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Jeremy Clark, was back in Hamilton County Criminal Court on Monday to hear the jury’s verdict on other charges, including reckless endangerment. Nixon was found not guilty on all counts.
“It was a circumstantial case, there were several eyewitnesses, one of which didn’t show up to court,” Executive Assistant District Attorney Cameron Williams told the Times Free Press. “Two of the three witnesses recanted their prior statements to police, where Nixon said he was the sole occupant of the vehicle. That was very difficult to overcome.”
Nixon, of Chattanooga, was on trial last week in the shooting death of Clark, also of Chattanooga, on July 29, 2016, at the J&J Lounge at 2208 Glass St.
Nixon told police he was speaking with Clark when someone stuck a gun through the passenger’s side window of the vehicle he was driving and shot Clark through the driver’s side window. The state contended Nixon shot Clark from the driver’s seat.