A birthday pool party at the Cambridge at Hickory Hollow Apartments in Antioch, Tennessee, ended in deadly gunfire on the night of June 11, 2022. Twenty-year-old Kalem Burford, a Black male, was among a large crowd when a dispute escalated to an exchange of shots shortly after 10:00 p.m. Burford was critically wounded and taken by private vehicle to Centennial Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.

The same outbreak of violence also killed 18-year-old Demontae Darden in the apartment complex parking lot and wounded two others, including a 31-year-old resident who stepped outside thinking the noise was fireworks and was shot in the leg. Numerous vehicles were seen leaving the scene as officers from the South Precinct arrived.

The Metro Nashville Police Department’s Homicide Unit and its TITANS division are investigating and say detectives are working active leads. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.