Tammy Hawthorne, 42, was killed in a drive-by shooting on Lamar Avenue in Memphis in the early morning of October 1, 2020. Officers responding to a wounding call at about 3:00 a.m. found Hawthorne with a gunshot wound and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Surveillance footage captured a person in the area before the shooting. A tip to Crime Stoppers identified that person as Randall Durrell French, and warrants for a Facebook account produced messages between French and Taylor Janae Williams discussing the killing. Investigators say Williams listed the vehicle used in the shooting for sale hours after the homicide.

Both Williams and French were interviewed on September 24, 2021; Williams waived her rights and confessed to shooting Hawthorne and to selling the vehicle, while French waived his rights and admitted driving and positioning the vehicle but denied shooting. In April 2022 a grand jury indicted Williams for first-degree murder and French for facilitation of first-degree murder; Williams was held without bond and French’s bond was set at $200,000.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the vehicle or the people involved on the morning of October 1, 2020?