Evan Knox pleaded guilty to second degree murder Tuesday morning.
Thomas Rutledge, 22, was shot and killed in May of 2011.NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
A Nashville man pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to second degree murder for the May 2011 shooting death of a man in the J.C. Napier public housing development.
Evan Knox will serve 30 years at 100%, consecutive to his probation violation sentence.
The victim, 22-year-old Thomas Rutledge, was driving a miniature gas-powered four-wheeler through the complex when he was approached by Knox, who shot him multiple times before fleeing.
Rutledge died at the scene.
Rutledge was riding the ATV with his four-year-old stepson. The child was not injured.
Knox was arrested about a month after the shooting in Oregon.
He was identified when he tried to check into a homeless shelter there.
U. S Marshals were able to capture him and return him to Nashville.
