Nashville Detectives Seek Second Suspect in 2025 Double Homicide Near Percy Priest Lake

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Homicide detectives in Nashville are searching for a second suspect in the April 2025 murders of two young Alabama men found in a wooded area between Lincoya Bay Apartments and Percy Priest Lake. This area is close to the Rutherford County line and near the lake.

Authorities have issued arrest warrants for 23-year-old Jose Miguel Guardado-Aguilar, who is wanted on two counts of criminal homicide in connection with the shooting deaths of Amir Landan Wilkerson, 19, and Jaime Valdez-Garcia, 18. Both victims were from Alabaster, Alabama.

Investigators say Guardado-Aguilar has known ties to several communities outside Nashville, including Fort Smith, Arkansas, as well as Birmingham, Hoover, and Alabaster in Alabama. Police consider him armed and dangerous and believe he may be connected to the MS-13 gang…

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