Charvez Akins, a two-year-old boy from Memphis, Tennessee, was shot and killed on January 12, 2022, while at his grandmother’s home on Clayton Avenue. He was taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital but did not survive. Charvez’s family described him as a loving, goofy child who adored Spider-Man and would have turned three in March.

A 22-year-old housemate, Tatyana Taylor, was charged with reckless homicide with a deadly weapon, tampering with evidence, and filing a false report. Taylor initially said shots came from outside, later claimed a 5-year-old in the house accidentally fired the gun, and ultimately admitted she fired a shot into the house herself and hid the weapon before police arrived. Taylor had a prior reckless endangerment incident in 2020 when she fired shots at a Taco Bell where she worked.

The community has mourned Charvez and his family set up a GoFundMe to help cover funeral expenses.