Caleb Womack

Caleb Womack was a 17-year-old White male with a passion for mechanics and a smile his girlfriend called contagious. An upcoming senior at McGavock High School in Nashville, Tennessee, Caleb planned to become an aircraft mechanic. His mother, Rebecca Minton, remembered him as someone who was always smiling and liked to make people laugh.

In the early morning hours of July 26, 2024, Caleb had just returned to his home in Old Hickory. Just before 1 a.m., multiple gunshots were fired from the roadway into his duplex on Bryan Street. Hermitage Precinct officers, responding to a call of shots fired, found Caleb lying in his living room. Emergency services rushed him to Skyline Medical Center, but he died from his injuries shortly after arriving. Investigators with the Metro Nashville Police Department described the shooting as a targeted attack.

Homicide detectives determined that the shooting stemmed from an ongoing dispute between Caleb and other teenagers. The investigation led them to two suspects, and on October 4, 2024, police announced their arrests. Kevin Crumpler, 17, was taken into custody on Neelys Bend Road. Johnathan Castellano, who was also 17 at the time of the shooting but had since turned 18, was already in custody for driving without a license when the homicide charge was added. Both were initially charged with homicide in Juvenile Court.

Later, both Crumpler and Castellano were tried in adult court and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The investigation continued, leading to a third and final suspect. In February 2026, police arrested Joshuajaniel Oliva-Martinez, who was 19 at the time of his arrest but 17 when the shooting occurred. He was charged with criminal homicide in Juvenile Court. With his arrest, authorities announced that all suspects connected to Caleb Womack's killing were in custody.