On the night of August 23, 2020, gunfire erupted at a party in the 1100 block of Brewer Road in Somerville, Tennessee. Nineteen-year-old Tavaris Contrell Lewis, of Mason, was found dead of a gunshot wound. Four other people — two men and two women — were wounded and taken to a Memphis hospital.

The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation quickly identified suspects. The day after the shooting authorities arrested Tomarcus Baskerville, Martavius Baskerville, Gregory Bonds, and Montaveen Taylor; a rifle and a handgun were seized during one arrest. A Fayette County grand jury later returned indictments that added Courtland Springfield and Thomas Smith Jr., charging multiple people with First Degree Murder, Attempted First Degree Murder, conspiracy, and firearm offenses. In 2021 further indictments named Deandra Rivers and, in August, Bianca Jackson; charges against Rivers were later expanded.

Who knew Tavaris or was at that Brewer Road gathering and can help fill in what happened that night?