Seven men including multiple security guards, indicted following death o at Whiskey Row Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. December 19, 2021Â Seven men, including multiple security guards, have been indicted following the death of Dallas Barrett at a Broadway bar this past August.
The 22-year-old Barrett was involved in an altercation with security staff at Whiskey Row the night of August 16.
Six men who were working at the bar that night was indicted on charges of reckless homicide and aggravated assault resulting in death.
Those six men are:
Dylan Thomas Larocca, 33, of Mt. Juliet
John D. Eustace, 26, of Hermitage
Mark Ryan Watkins, 24, last known address DeBary, Florida
Mallet Daquan Meneese, 30, of Hermitage
Jaelen Alexander Maxwell, 23, of Murfreesboro
Tarrell K. Gray, 25, of Nashville
Steven Simon, 41, of Hermitage was a non-employee of the bar who police say appeared to hold Barrett’s legs while he was on the ground.
Larocca and Simon surrendered to police Friday. The other five men charged are not in custody.
Surveillance footage from the bar showed Barrett was held on the rooftop bar floor by security staff.
MNPD were called to the bar after the incident was called in to 911.
Barrett was found on the floor unresponsive. CPR was performed on him, but he died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that night.
A medical examiner concluded last month Barrett died of asphyxiation and listed the manner of death as a homicide.
Bond for all seven men was set at $25,000.
Also this week, Florida security guard Francisco Torres was indicted for murder, and Memphis security guard Robert Luie was indicted for murder in the shooting of a shoplifter.
