CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The trial began Tuesday for the three men charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 shooting outside of Dodge’s on Fort Campbell Boulevard.
Jarlen Corbin, 29, was found with multiple gunshot wounds at the scene and was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Otis Lee Barnes, 24, Maleike Tyree Hamlin, 31, and Santanna Antonio Compton McFarlan, 23, were each charged, and all three have pleaded not guilty.
Opening statements: Who was armed, who was firing
Prosecutor Marianne Bell told jurors the case is about “ego and violence,” arguing the three defendants surrounded Corbin and opened fire as he walked back to his car in the early morning hours of Jan. 28, 2023. Bell said surveillance video will show Corbin entering and exiting the store before Barnes and Hamlin followed him outside. She said they “walked closer and surrounded him” before shooting him.
She also referenced testimony from military veteran Christopher Cosby, who intervened. She told jurors surveillance video corroborates Cosby’s account and that no shell casings at the scene matched Corbin’s firearm…