Robert Gerard HustleMan Dowdy, 31, was killed by gunfire on Monday, June 22, 2020, on the Westside of Chattanooga. The shooting occurred just before 2 p.m. in the 100 block of West 38th Street near Nine Brothers convenience store. Dowdy was struck in the torso and died; a second man, Brandon Rakestraw, was shot in the leg and survived after emergency surgery.

Investigators described a chilling prelude: a Facebook Live video recorded shortly before the shooting that showed several people inside a silver Nissan SUV with what appeared to be multiple pistols. Surveillance footage was said to show a shooter leaning out of a vehicle window and firing over the roof into a crowd that included people who had just come from a funeral earlier that day.

Arrests followed in the days and weeks after the shooting: Montrell Jawon Franklin and Tremaine Dillard were taken into custody on July 1, 2020, and Tyqurerio Malone was arrested on August 11, 2020, on a homicide warrant. Court proceedings later named additional defendants and referenced the live-stream video as a key lead. Does anyone have information about Dowdy or the events on West 38th that afternoon?