Double Trouble: Twin Mix-Up Sets Attempted Murder Suspect Free

NASHVILLE, TN -- An attempted murder suspect's similarly named twin brother caused a series of errors and missteps leading to an inadvertent bail-out and a citywide search for the mistakenly released man.

Twin brothers Quindarius and Quintarius Jordan, now 19, were both arrested in October 2017 after a 62-year-old woman was shot in the hip, apparently caught in the crossfire of a shooting on Litton Avenue. Investigators says Quindarius fired the gun and Quintarius drove the getaway car, thus the former is charged with attempted murder and the latter as an accessory. Quindarius' bond was set at $150,000 and his brother's at $5,000, but, according to Davidson County Court Clerk Howard Gentry, there was some confusion and some typos and Quindarius was set free at the lower amount.

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Gentry told WKRN Quindarius was put into the system as Quintarius May 18 and though the mistake was discovered June 5, the earlier entry remained in the system

"I don't believe that employee knew that they needed to take it out of the system," Gentry told News 2. "That's one thing that I can lay directly on us and one thing I know that we can correct immediately."

Thus, Quindarius' bond was changed in the system to match his brother's and Quindarius secured a bond from Rader Bonding to bail out June 15.

Rader's owner, Donnie Jordan, told the station the family noticed the lower figured and posted the bond. He told the station that bond drops sometimes occur if the prosecution's case weakens, so it didn't strike him as particularly unusual.

Donnie Jordan said Quindarius - who no longer lives at the address listed on his court records - should turn himself in.

Police ask anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463 or the Emergency Communications Center at 615-862-8600.

Photo via Metro Nashville Police