SMYRNA, TN - A former high school basketball player who played for the Smyrna Bulldogs last year was arrested by law enforcement on Tuesday after a 4-year-old child was shot on Saturday, February 22, 2025. 19-year-old Taliek Gallishaw-King was apprehended by U.S. Marshals and taken into custody in Murfreesboro. He has been charged with reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and tampering with evidence, according to Rutherford County Sheriff’s Detective Jesse Gammel.

Deputies and detectives responded to the shooting early Saturday at a home on Tessa Grace Road, where they found the boy suffering from a gunshot wound. The child was transported to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, where he underwent surgery. According to the sheriff’s office, the child is expected to survive.

“Investigators on scene determined Taliek Gallishaw-King fled the scene in an unknown vehicle shortly before law enforcement’s arrival and took the handgun used in the shooting with him,” Gammel said.

Gallishaw-King is being held on a $60,000 bond at Rutherford County Adult Detention Center. His court date is set for May 22 in General Sessions Court. Investigators reported that additional charges are pending in another county.

Rutherford County Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh and the Sheriff’s Office expressed their gratitude to residents for their assistance in apprehending Gallishaw-King. Special thanks were also given to the United States Marshal Service, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Metropolitan Nashville Police, Smyrna Police, and the Murfreesboro Police Department for their resources and personnel in making the arrest.

DISCLAIMER: The charges and allegations referenced in this story are merely accusations of criminal conduct and not evidence. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and convicted through due process of law.