On the evening of November 30, 2021, gunfire at a Humboldt High School basketball game between Humboldt and North Side left 21-year-old Justin Kevon Pankey dead. The shooting occurred about 8:20 p.m.; Pankey, a former Humboldt High player, was found with gunshot wounds and died at the scene.

Surveillance footage identified an 18-year-old suspect, Jadon Davon Hardiman of Jackson, Tennessee. Hardiman turned himself in on December 1 and was charged with first-degree murder in connection with Pankey’s death, plus attempted first-degree murder for two other injured people, tampering with evidence and carrying a weapon on school property. Authorities said the altercation involved adults and that no current Humboldt High students were involved or injured; investigators believe the victims and Hardiman were acquainted but did not publicly release a specific motive.

Hardiman entered a not guilty plea in December 2021. One of the other wounded victims, 18-year-old Xavier Clifton, later died of injuries in March 2022, and an additional first-degree murder charge was filed after that development. Did anyone at the game recognize either victim or see events leading up to the shooting?