'Madman' Suspect Arrested In Connection With Drive-By Shooting of Pastor Greg Locke's Home

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the drive-by shooting of Pastor Greg Locke’s home this past September, with the Wilson’s County Sheriff’s Office announcing on Facebook that they arrested the man who allegedly unloaded nearly 50 bullets in Locke’s house while his son was inside.

On December 4, 2024, detectives with the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, with assistance from the Metro Nashville Police Department, executed a search warrant at 8234B Terry Lane, Hermitage, TN, in reference to the shooting that occurred on September 3, 2024, at 1729 Chandler Road, Mt. Juliet, TN.

During the execution of the search warrant, 20-year-old Tyler Poole, of Hermitage, TN, was taken into custody on an outstanding indictment. His charges include: Aggravated Assault, four counts of Reckless Endangerment with a Deadly Weapon, and two counts of Vandalism, all stemming from the shooting at 1729 Chandler Road.

Poole is currently being held at the Wilson County Jail on a $50,000 bond.

At the time of the initial incident, Locke shared social media:

It’s 2:00am and for the last 3 hours our home has been a full blown crime scene. According to the security cam footage, we pulled into our driveway exactly ONE MINUTE after a madman unloaded an entire magazine of bullets from an automatic weapon into our house, garage and my truck. The sound on the video is truly horrific. Detectives will still be here for a good while tonight.

Only one of our kids was home and thank God not in the same area of the house. As you can see in the last pics, one of the bullets cut through the headboard of our youngest daughter’s bed and lodged in her pillow. We are all being security escorted to a hotel tonight. We have no further details. The only detail that matters is that Psalm 91 is true and GOD PROTECTED US IN UNIMAGINABLE AND SUPERNATURAL WAYS. Please pray for the Locke family tonight. We love all of you.

We reached out to Locke and told us as far as he knows, he’s never encountered the suspect before and doesn’t know he is.