On April 5, 2021, 30-year-old Javarie Mayes was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in his bedroom at a residence on Railton Road in Memphis, Tennessee. The death followed a domestic dispute with his 20-year-old stepson, identified in reports as Nicholas Anderson.

After the argument, Mayes reportedly banned Anderson from the home. Investigators say Anderson became the primary suspect and that the killing involved premeditation; authorities allege Anderson kidnapped other family members as part of a plan to murder his stepfather, prompting an especially aggravated kidnapping charge alongside first-degree murder.

A first-degree murder warrant was issued the day of the shooting. Anderson was located by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Indianola, Mississippi, and arrested without incident three days later; a grand jury indicted him on first-degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping in August 2021, and he was ordered held without bond. If anyone knew Javarie or has information about the events leading up to his death, please share what you know.