Dessislava Yankova

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The Hendersonville man accused in the shooting death of his 11-year-old daughter Monday has previously been charged with attempted homicide and has past drug possession convictions.

Timothy Batts, 29, faces charges of reckless homicide, tampering with evidence, false reporting and possessing a firearm as a felon. Batts shot and killed his daughter, Timea Lashay Batts, who had just returned home from her first day in sixth grade at Knox Doss Middle School at Drakes Creek, police said.

As of Tuesday, Batts remained at the Sumner County Jail on $1 million bond.

Batts is set to appear in Sumner County General Sessions Court on Aug. 24.

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In February 2012, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department issued an attempted homicide arrest warrant for Batts, who authorities said shot another man from his car, according to Tennessean archives.

On the morning of Feb, 15, 2012, Batts, then 24 years old, was sitting in the rear passenger seat of a Chevrolet Avalanche when he fired at Cheyenne Turner, then 19, striking him in the shoulder at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Dominican Drive, police said at the time.

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The case may have since been dismissed and expunged. When asked about the prior charges, multiple agencies said they have no record of it. Metro Police spokesman Don Aaron said they were no longer looking for Batts.

Agencies are not legally allowed to confirm or deny whether a criminal charge has been expunged.

Turner had received a 10-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder for shooting Batts outside a Jefferson Street barber shop in January 2011. Turner was out of jail on probation, police said.

Batts has four past arrests and two convictions for drug possession, from 2005 through 2006 with Metro police, criminal court records show.

Batts also has nine citations and four convictions for driving on suspended or without a license between 2007 and 2012 in Davidson County, criminal court records show.

He also has three probation violation charges from 2008 and 2009, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

In 2008, he was charged with an aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury and a domestic assault, TBI records show.