Jerome Terrell Smith Sr., a 31-year-old African American man, was killed in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 14, 2020, when a single gunshot from a loaded firearm fatally wounded him. The shot was fired accidentally by his 3-year-old daughter after she picked up the unsecured gun. The firearm belonged to a man who was later arrested and charged with offenses including reckless homicide for leaving the weapon accessible to the child.

Smith was mourned by his fiancée, two children, his parents and a large circle of family and friends. Funeral arrangements included a visitation at Joe Ford Funeral Home, a service at Emmanuel Temple Church of God in Christ, and burial at New Park Cemetery.

If anyone has information about the circumstances that led to this unsecured weapon being accessible to the child, please come forward.