Donpatric Jaciris Buford, 21, was shot and killed in a Nashville parking lot in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, January 24, 2021. He had been a passenger in a four-door sedan in the 2600 block of Clarksville Pike and got out to speak with the driver of another vehicle. After several minutes of conversation the other driver opened fire, striking Buford multiple times. The shooter then fled in that vehicle; the car Buford had arrived in left the scene before police arrived.

First responders found Buford around 1:30 a.m. and he was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he later died. Metro Nashville Police Department Homicide Unit detectives identified the shooter as the primary suspect but have not publicly identified or arrested anyone. Investigators continue to seek a motive and tips; Crime Stoppers is offering a possible cash reward for information that could lead to an arrest.

If anyone has information about Buford’s movements that night, the vehicles involved, or the people present in the Z Mart parking lot, will you share what you know with investigators?