Clarksville woman arrested after Georgia man found dead last year at Nashville park
An 18-year-old Clarksville woman is jailed in Nashville after police say she set up a robbery that led to the shooting death of a Georgia man late last year.
Mohamed Keita, 23, of Riverdale, Georgia, was found dead in the driver's seat of his car, backed into a parking space in the lot at William Pitts Park on Dec. 1.
Police belive Keita was shot the night before.
Detectives found a jar of marijuana and a holstered pistol inside his car, police said in a statement shortly after the shooting.
Police arrested the Clarksville woman, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, on an outstanding juvenile criminal homicide warrant, police said in a Thursday night statement. The Tennessean is not naming the woman as she is charged in juvenile court.
During questioning, the woman admitted to "setting up and participating in a robbery which ultimately led to Keita's death," the police said.
The woman is being held in the Downtown Detention Center pending a juvenile court hearing, police said.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville Police: Clarksville woman charged months after park homicide
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