Timothy Fields, a 30-year-old Black man and father of three who worked as a kitchen manager at Nudie’s Honky Tonk, was shot outside Bar Louie in the Gulch neighborhood of Nashville on June 4, 2021. Witnesses say he stepped outside for a cigarette, had a brief interaction with another man that escalated, and was shot in the chest. He was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center but died of his injuries.

Metro Nashville detectives used surveillance footage and witness statements to identify 26-year-old Berwain Freeman as a suspect. Freeman turned himself in and was arrested on a criminal homicide charge; he is being held without bond. The exact motive for the altercation that led to Fields’ death has not been established.

Fields is remembered by family and friends as warm, humorous, and a leader; his mother had previously lost a son to violence. Does anyone have information about Timothy’s last night or the area outside Bar Louie on June 4, 2021?