On the evening of June 8, 2021, 55-year-old Shirley Crawley was shot and killed while stopped at a red light at Clarksville Pike and Buena Vista Pike in Nashville. She was in her white Dodge Challenger when a dark-colored sedan, believed to be a 2015–2017 black Ford Focus, pulled up alongside an orange Hyundai Elantra carrying four teenagers. At least two people exited the sedan and opened fire on the Elantra; as that car fled, the shooters continued firing and Crawley was struck multiple times. Her car rolled forward into a parking lot; she was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and died of her wounds. Three teenagers from the Elantra, ages 15, 17 and 18, were also wounded and the suspects fled. The Metro Nashville Police Department Homicide Unit and TITANS Unit have investigated, but no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified.

Shirley’s family described her as a loving, caring member of Morning Star Baptist Church and a devoted dog owner to a pet named Money. Her loved ones continue to cope with the loss of someone running a routine errand when the violence occurred. If anyone has information about the shooting or the dark-colored sedan, please contact investigators.