Two young men were killed in a planned meeting that turned deadly in Clarksville on the evening of August 11, 2025. The meeting between two groups in the parking lot behind Mizu Japanese Cuisine on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard escalated into an exchange of gunfire; 24-year-old Makhi Charon Richardson and 18-year-old Noah William Peterson were struck and died.

Clarksville Police Department’s Special Operations Homicide Unit says the encounter was prearranged and that one person from each group was hit. The investigation is ongoing. Two men, 20-year-old Havin John Lee James and 21-year-old Antario Jameer Hyrne, were arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on tampering with evidence charges; authorities say additional charges may be forthcoming.

Did anyone in the Clarksville area see the groups gather that night or have information about the meeting behind Mizu Japanese Cuisine?