Tarius Damond Lewis, a 23-year-old man, was fatally shot in a parking lot at 1205 Russell Street in Union City, Tennessee, on the evening of Saturday, September 11, 2021. Police were dispatched at 8:46 p.m.; Lewis was found with gunshot wounds, taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City, and died later that evening.
Authorities quickly identified a suspect and named 19-year-old Julius Lamar Thompson as wanted in the shooting. A warrant was issued, the U.S. Marshals Service assisted in the search, and Thompson surrendered on September 16, 2021. He was charged with second-degree murder and held at the Obion County Sheriff’s Department.
Funeral services for Lewis were held Saturday, September 18, 2021, at First Methodist Church in Union City, with burial at East View Cemetery. Does anyone have information about Lewis, the events that night, or witnesses who were in the area of 1205 Russell Street on September 11, 2021?