Christopher Spaunhorst, a 37-year-old father of five, was shot and killed on Interstate 24 West in Nashville around noon on December 25, 2022. Spaunhorst was driving a blue Ford F-150 when multiple rounds struck the driver’s side door and window; his truck stopped against the median wall between the Shelby Avenue and James Robertson Parkway exits. He was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and died shortly after arrival.

Investigators say the shots came from a black sedan with chrome trim later identified as a black 2016–2017 Kia Optima, which continued west on I-24 after the crash. Metro Nashville Police have treated the case as a homicide and appealed for motorists who saw the two vehicles traveling alongside each other to contact them. Phone and carrier data from the area have been examined but no arrests have been announced.

Family members and the community have pushed for answers; Crime Stoppers has a reward that was increased to $23,000 for information. Did anyone driving I-24 near Shelby Avenue and James Robertson Parkway around noon on December 25, 2022, see a black Kia Optima near a blue Ford F-150?