Melvin DeWayne Woods, a 51-year-old Black man from Memphis, Tennessee, was found in critical condition on April 19, 2022, and later died of wounds sustained in a shooting. His body was located in a shed in the Binghampton neighborhood where he had been living. Family said they had not seen or heard from Woods for a couple of days before his body was discovered.

Investigators treated the death as suspicious and opened a homicide investigation. Neighbors reported hearing unusual noises near the shed before Woods was found, and police gathered evidence at the scene. Authorities later announced that an arrest had been made in connection with his murder, though the identity of the person taken into custody and any specific charges were not released at that time. The motive and whether others were involved remained under investigation.

If anyone knew Melvin, saw activity around that shed in mid-April 2022, or has information about this killing, please come forward.