A Columbia man has been charged with homicide after an assault at a construction site in Thompson's Station last week resulted in another man's death.
The Williamson County Sheriff's Office charged Johnny Kelley, 29, with criminal homicide in the death of his coworker, Ciro Alberto Silva, 26, also from Columbia.
Kelley had already been arrested on Aug. 22 for aggravated assault after he was accused of striking Silva in the head with a paver stone, according to a release from the sheriff's office.
The men were part of a construction crew working on a home on Saddle Springs Drive in Thompson's Station.
The two men were involved in a verbal dispute, when Kelley allegedly picked up the stone and struck Silva on the head, according to the police affidavit obtained by the USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee.
"Mr. Silva was knocked unconscious and was immediately transported via Life Flight to Vanderbilt Medical Center, with life threatening head injury," the affidavit says.
Kelley's bond, originally set at $100,000, has been reset at $600,000. A court hearing scheduled earlier this morning has been rescheduled for September.