The woman sought in connection with Sunday morning’s murder of Gary McClain, 60, at the Savoy motel on Dickerson Pike is in custody in Cobb County, Georgia.
Jakira Coleman-Griffen, 20, of Detroit, was arrested in Georgia after authorities spotted McClain’s 2017 Hyundai Accent, which had been entered into a national database as stolen, and initiated a pursuit. Coleman-Griffen possessed a nine millimeter semi-automatic pistol at the time of her arrest.
During an interview with MNPD Homicide detectives overnight, Coleman-Griffen admitted to killing McClain by shooting him in the head. Robbery is believed to be the motive.
An arrest warrant charging Coleman-Griffen with criminal homicide was issued this morning. She is expected to be returned to Nashville from Georgia in the near future.
McClain, of Nashville, was found dead at 10 a.m. Sunday in a room at the motel. He had been seen earlier arriving with a woman, now identified as Coleman-Griffen.
