Frank Oliver Usher III, a 29-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on March 5, 2021. Officers found Usher in the 700 block of East 48th Street with a gunshot wound to his neck; he was taken to Erlanger Hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. His death is listed as a result of gun violence.

Chattanooga Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit led the investigation and obtained Chattanooga Housing Authority security camera footage. The video reportedly shows Usher entering a residence, followed by 51-year-old Marvin Fallins; shortly after, Usher is seen leaving the home holding his neck and Fallins leaves carrying a firearm. Police reports say Fallins later admitted to shooting Usher, and a witness who was with Fallins grabbed the weapon from him.

Fallins was arrested and charged with criminal homicide and unlawful possession of a weapon. At trial the jury deadlocked on the second-degree murder charge, but Fallins was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm; the judge subsequently revoked his bond and ordered him into custody. Did anyone in the neighborhood know either man or see activity around East 48th Street that night?