Calvin Reed Jr., a 21-year-old Black man, was killed on the evening of August 17, 2019, in the 3300 block of National Street in Memphis, Tennessee. First responders arrived but his injuries proved fatal and the Memphis Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Detectives identified the people involved in the altercation and the suspects were apprehended shortly after the shooting. The case moved through the legal system and the suspects were convicted and later sentenced to prison. The community was left to reckon with the loss of a young life to street violence.