NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The man long considered to be Nashville's Most Wanted fugitive has been arrested, the Metro Nashville Police Department announced.

Dadiri Muhina, 24, was taken into custody by MNPD TITANS Unit detectives Wednesday, June 4, on five outstanding grand jury indictments. He is currently jailed at the Downtown Detention Center on a $300,000 bond for four counts of 1st degree murder and one count of evidence tampering.

Muhina was wanted in connection to a September 2021 shooting death of 16-year-old Ja'Niya Birdsong that also injured a 17-year-old.

Family members previously told News 2 multiple young men were involved in an argument with the two teens before shots rang out.

Birdsong died at the scene in her grandmother’s Paragon Mills driveway. She was a junior at Hillsboro High School and hoped to become a hairstylist, according to family. While initially the only link to a suspect was a light-colored sedan seen leaving, six people—including Muhina—were since identified.

As their investigation progressed, detectives said they found text messages between the suspects regarding their plans to destroy the car used in the alleged homicide. Muhina and the other suspects were also accused of conspiring to hire someone to kill a witness.

Another man involved in the shooting, 25-year-old Mohamed Sowa, was arrested in November 2021, according to police. Sowa is the ex-boyfriend of the 17-year-old victim, authorities said in a release. He was allegedly arguing with the teen before driving off in the sedan.

The other individuals involved, per MNPD, were Abas Muhina, 23; Abdirahmani Muhina, 26; Mohamed Awees, 24; and Daquan Pate, 22. They were all arrested in 2023 on grand jury indictments, according to MNPD.

For his involvement in the shooting, Muhina has been considered Metro Nashville's top most wanted fugitive, spending more than a year atop the MNPD Criminal Warrants Division's "Most Wanted" list. The list is published weekly by the department on its Facebook page.

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