UPDATED: Teen Convicted as Adult in 2022 Riverdale High School Graduation Shooting

Aug 14, 2025 at 05:04 pm by WGNS News


 

MURFREESBORO, TN - WGNS recently confirmed that a teenager arrested three years ago for shooting and killing another teen has now been convicted as an adult. The case revolves around the murder of 18-year-old Hasani "Sunny" Antonio Brewer - Gant.

In May of 2022, Riverdale High School held its year-end graduation ceremony on the MTSU campus. As the graduates began to leave, some headed toward the MTSU tennis courts. It was there that the sound of gunfire pierced through the fading cheers of proud parents... That was Rutherford County District Attorney Jennings Jones.

Investigators determined that a physical altercation had escalated when a teen pulled out a gun...

Following the investigation, charges were filed against 17-year-old Dante Omega Martin. At the time of the shooting, Martin had turned 17 just two months earlier, leading to him initially being charged as a juvenile...

Fast forward to 2025, Martin has now been convicted as an adult... His prison sentence will end in 2036, when he will be 31 years old.

 

 

 

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