Donta K. Reed was 19 when he was killed in a motel shooting in Nashville on the night of Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The exchange of gunfire happened inside a room at the Rodeway Inn, 893 Murfreesboro Pike. When the shooting stopped, Reed had been fatally wounded; another person was also injured, though that person’s identity and relationship to the incident have not been released.

Reed lived in the Hermitage area of Nashville. His death was publicly confirmed by authorities and noted in his obituary. A pending misdemeanor charge against him for driving without a license was formally abated by death on May 13, 2021. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department opened a homicide investigation, but there have been no public announcements of arrests or named suspects and no motive has been disclosed.

If anyone was in or near the Rodeway Inn that night or has information about the shooting, please come forward to assist the investigation.