Keierra McNeil, 32 and six months pregnant, was shot dead in the driver’s seat of her black Mercedes on the evening of August 20, 2020, in the Walgreens parking lot in the 9000 block of Walnut Grove Road in Cordova, Tennessee. An assailant emerged from nearby bushes, approached the vehicle and fired multiple shots; McNeil was pronounced dead at the scene and her unborn child also did not survive.

Investigators arrested the child’s father, Kevin McKinney, and charged him with two counts of first-degree murder after witnesses said they saw him fire into the car and flee in a white SUV. Those charges were dropped on October 17, 2022, when the Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office said there was insufficient evidence, and the case reverted to an active investigation. In September 2021 police released surveillance images of two vehicles of interest seen in the area around the time of the shooting.

The family has spoken publicly about their frustration and desire for justice. If anyone has information about who approached the car that night or about the vehicles seen nearby, please contact the investigators handling the case.