Raymond Gaters, 55, was shot and killed on July 29, 2021, outside the Washington Apartments on the 1900 block of Asa Drive in southwest Memphis. Responders found him at the scene and he was pronounced dead there after an unknown person approached and shot him.

Police say Gaters’ blue minivan was taken after the shooting and later found abandoned behind a Valero gas station in the 3400 block of South Third Street. Investigators reported three people inside the stolen van; those same individuals were seen leaving the area in a blue sedan, a movement treated as part of a coordinated escape. Authorities released images of persons of interest and asked the public for help; no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

Anyone who remembers activity around the Washington Apartments, the Valero on South Third Street, the blue minivan, or the blue sedan on the night of July 29, 2021, is asked to come forward.