Rodrecus Partee, a 29-year-old Black man, was killed late on the night of July 3, 2021, at the Americas Best Value Inn, 3685 American Way in Memphis. Officers found him just after 11 p.m. unresponsive with gunshot injuries; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting occurred along an airport-area strip of motels and heavy traffic from I-240 and prompted an immediate homicide investigation as detectives tried to reconstruct who had been at the hotel and how the violence unfolded.

Within two days authorities announced charges: Jamal Medlock was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree murder in the perpetration of a robbery, and Jer’Miracle Walton was charged with facilitation to commit first-degree murder. A first-degree murder warrant was also issued for Gladdaysha Wilson; she was located and taken into custody on July 7, 2021, by a U.S. Marshals task force. The case moved from the street to the courtroom while family and friends were left to reckon with the loss on July 3, 2021.

If anyone witnessed activity around the Americas Best Value Inn that night or has information about Partee’s killing, please share what is known.