A verbal dispute at a home on Cedar Grove Church Road in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, on March 17, 2021, ended with the death of 55-year-old James Ray Huddleston. Huddleston, a Black/African American man, was followed into the house by 39-year-old Lucian Clemmons during the argument. Clemmons fired five shots inside the residence; Huddleston was struck and killed.

One of the bullets hit a couch where a 10-year-old child was sleeping, though the child was not injured, and another adult at the scene was threatened when Clemmons pointed the gun at them. Law enforcement identified and arrested Clemmons, who was charged with first-degree murder, reckless endangerment for the child’s proximity to the gunfire, and aggravated assault for threatening the other adult. The jury convicted Clemmons of first-degree murder and the court imposed a life sentence.

Anyone with information about Huddleston or that March 2021 incident is asked to come forward.