Carlton Hightower, a 23-year-old African American man, was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee on April 19, 2021. His death was described as a shooting; no motive or sequence of events leading to the fatal encounter have been disclosed publicly.

Memphis police opened an investigation after the killing and have been working the case, but there have been no public announcements of arrests or identified suspects. The case remains an open homicide investigation and Carlton’s family continues to await answers.

If anyone has information about Carlton, the shooting on April 19, 2021, or saw anything in the area that day, please come forward and share what you know.