A summer birthday party in southeast Shelby County ended in tragedy on July 7, 2021, when 10-year-old Madison Alescya Jones was fatally shot at an apartment on Nash Drive.

Rakasha Sims, a 30-year-old resident of the apartment and mother of the birthday child, was later indicted on negligent homicide charges. Authorities alleged Sims failed to secure the firearm and that this failure created the dangerous conditions leading to Madison’s death. The case was noted amid several other incidents in Memphis by mid-2021 involving children and unsecured guns.

Does anyone have information about the apartment on Nash Drive or the events at that gathering that could help clarify what happened?