Douglas Crawley, 38, was fatally shot late on the evening of May 18, 2021, after an encounter in an alley near his apartment in the 1500 block of 9th Avenue North in Nashville. At about 10 p.m. he walked down the alley to Delta Avenue and spoke with the male driver of a dark-colored SUV with chrome trim. The conversation’s subject is not known.

The driver produced a handgun and fired multiple shots at Crawley. He ran back toward his home and collapsed in his front yard. He was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he died of his wounds. Metro Nashville Police Department Homicide Unit detectives opened an investigation and asked the public to contact Crime Stoppers with information. No suspect details or arrests have been disclosed in connection with the killing.

What did readers in that neighborhood see or hear that night, or what information could help resolve why Douglas Crawley was targeted?