On March 30, 2022, 23-year-old Denzel Charles Hammond was fatally shot while sitting in the driver’s seat of his car in the parking lot of the Summerwind Apartments on Bell Road in Nashville, Tennessee. Officers arrived to find Hammond’s vehicle still in gear; they broke a window to reach him and Nashville Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Detectives identified two teenagers during the investigation: 16-year-old Suhaela Lemelle and 17-year-old Draven Hughes. Lemelle was at the scene and described Hammond as an acquaintance. Investigators say Lemelle and Hughes had been handling a pistol earlier that night and discussing a plan to rob Hammond; a search of Lemelle’s apartment reportedly turned up two firearms. Hughes was arrested at his home after a search warrant was executed and both teens were charged with criminal homicide.

Are there witnesses or residents who remember seeing anything in the Summerwind Apartments parking lot that night or who knew Hammond’s movements earlier on March 30, 2022?