NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nearly six months of investigation into the September 2018 death of 17-year-old Miles Hunter led to Friday’s return of a sealed felony murder and aggravated robbery indictment against four young adults.
Gunnar Scragg, 20, of Bluefield Avenue, surrendered downtown for booking Monday. His bond was set by a Criminal Court judge at $100,000. Ethan Oakley, 20, of Winthrop Place in Old Hickory, surrendered earlier. Oakley posted a $100,000 bond and was released.
William Hemphill, 22, of Brandywine Pointe Boulevard, and Nicholas Allen Parker, 21, of W. Yorkshire Court in Old Hickory, surrendered on the indictment Saturday. They posted $30,000 bonds and were released.
Miles Hunter, of Old Hickory, was critically injured on the night of September 11, 2018 when he fell from the running board of a 2007 Dodge pickup truck containing the four defendants as it traveled out of the Hermitage Wal-Mart parking lot onto Andrew Jackson Parkway. He died six days later.
The investigation, led by Hermitage Precinct Detective Jason Cregan, concluded that Scragg coordinated with Oakley, Parker and Hemphill to rob Hunter in the parking lot. During the robbery, Oakley, behind the wheel of his pickup truck, sped off, causing Hunter to hang on as he stood on the running board. Scragg is alleged to have continuously punched Hunter to get him off the truck, causing him to fall to the ground and be run over by the truck. The four defendants fled the parking lot and made no effort to help Hunter or contact police.
