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Octavious LaShun Atkins, 27, was killed by gunfire in Memphis on June 19, 2020. He was a passenger in one of two vehicles stopped at the intersection of Shelby Drive and Neely Road when a white Mercedes SUV pulled alongside and its driver opened fire. Atkins was struck multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene. A 49-year-old man driving the third vehicle was also shot in the arm and hospitalized. The shooter’s white Mercedes was later found burning behind a nearby building with the driver gone.

Investigators identified 19-year-old Anthony Green as the primary suspect and obtained an arrest warrant. Green was located on September 26, 2020, during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 near Gulfport, Mississippi, taken into custody and extradited to Tennessee. A grand jury indicted him on first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, and two counts of employing a firearm during a dangerous felony. He was convicted of first-degree murder, but a clerical error after the verdict allowed him to leave custody 38 minutes later; a new warrant has been issued and he is currently a fugitive.

Does anyone in Memphis remember seeing a white Mercedes SUV burning near Shelby Drive and Neely Road on June 19, 2020, or have other information that could help locate him?