TITANS (The Investigative Team Addressing Neighborhood Shootings) detectives late this afternoon arrested Trentaree Starling, 26, on a grand jury indictment charging him with 2nd degree murder for last May’s fatal shooting of Preston Jass, 29, in the parking lot of 18 Thirty Apartments on Spring Branch Drive in Madison.
Jass was found dead just after 3 a.m. on May 8, 2022. Documents, including social security cards and car titles, were on the ground next to Jass. At least one vehicle in the parking lot appeared to have been burglarized.
Homicide Unit Detective Tyler Manivong led the investigation that resulted in the identification of Starling as the suspected shooter in this case.
Starling is jailed in lieu of $100,000 pending a hearing before a Criminal Court judge.