Kendrick Grayer was 23 and serving as a fire control specialist with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell when he was shot on the evening of July 3, 2019, in Clarksville, Tennessee. Police found him on an Eighth Street basketball court around 11 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a Nashville hospital and died the next day.

Investigators reported a personal dispute that night. According to the victim’s wife, Erica Grayer, Kendrick got into a physical fight with a man named John Dallen. Erica said Dallen ran off and returned with others, and that during the encounter Adriam Hodge allegedly opened fire while another person held the unarmed Kendrick.

Adriam Hodge was arrested on July 5, 2019, and charged with criminal homicide and other offenses. His murder case went to a jury trial in September 2023; Erica Grayer was the prosecution’s only eyewitness and her prior reluctance to speak to police and her relationship with Dallen were challenged by the defense. The jury acquitted Hodge of first-degree murder after brief deliberations.

If anyone knew Kendrick, the people he spent time with that night, or has information about the events on Eighth Street, please share what is known.