On the evening of November 28, 2021, Richard D. Lyons, 62, was killed inside his home on Cedarvalley Drive in South Nashville. At about 6:20 p.m. an unknown man forced entry through the front door. A female relative confronted the intruder and was shot at but not hit; she managed to get away. The gunman went to the upper level, found Lyons and fatally shot him before fleeing the scene.

Metro Nashville Police treated the case as a targeted homicide and the Homicide Unit has been working the investigation. No suspects have been publicly identified or arrested. If anyone has information about who entered that Cedarvalley Drive home or where the attacker went after the shooting, please contact detectives.