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On the evening of January 7, 2020, 28-year-old Golden Hairston was shot in the parking lot of the Hickory Highlands Apartments in Antioch, Tennessee, while talking with another man outside his car. A black SUV approached, shots were fired from the vehicle, and Hairston was struck. He was taken to a hospital and died from his injuries.

Metro Nashville Police detectives identified 31-year-old Joseph Dewayne Dunlap as a suspect believed to have been inside the SUV. In October 2020 Gang Unit detectives conducted surveillance at the Chimney Top Apartments, located Dunlap, and arrested him after a foot chase. A grand jury later indicted Dunlap on first-degree murder and attempted especially aggravated robbery.

In July 2023 the murder charge was dismissed and Dunlap pleaded guilty to attempted especially aggravated robbery; he admitted being present during the shooting but denied firing the shots. Did anyone in the Antioch area see the black SUV or the men in that parking lot that evening?