Rickey B. Scott was a 19-year-old student at Tennessee State University who died after being found unconscious in his Watson Hall dorm room on Sunday, October 13, 2019. He was taken to Centennial Medical Center, where a gunshot wound was discovered, and later died at Skyline Medical Center the same day. Nashville police opened a homicide investigation.

Detectives focused on a fellow student and Watson Hall resident, 18-year-old George Wells Jr., based on surveillance footage and interviews. In a second interview Wells said he had brought what he believed was a pellet gun onto campus and into Scott’s room, and that while handling it he pulled the trigger and struck Scott. Wells was arrested and charged with reckless homicide; the weapon was not immediately recovered.

The university community held a vigil for Scott. If anyone knew Rickey Scott, saw the events at Watson Hall on October 13, 2019, or has information about the weapon, please come forward.