Malachi Fondren, a 21-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on the morning of Saturday, August 28, 2021, at the Stewarts Ferry Apartments on Stones River Cove in Nashville. He had been visiting a female acquaintance at the complex when an interaction with the woman’s former boyfriend, Deandre Dean, occurred outside the apartment and escalated to gunfire that left Fondren with fatal injuries.

The day after the shooting, 27-year-old Deandre Dean surrendered at police headquarters, was interviewed by Homicide Unit detectives, and taken into custody. Dean was charged with criminal homicide in connection with Fondren’s death.

If anyone was at Stewarts Ferry Apartments that morning or has information about what happened between Fondren and Dean, please come forward to assist the ongoing case.