One version reports police were called to a residence in the 700 block of North Dunlap Street and found Smart with multiple gunshot wounds; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene and the incident was classified as a homicide with no suspect identified then.

A different account places Smart in the Bunker Hill neighborhood, taken into custody after a disturbance call and then suffering a medical emergency. He was taken to Methodist University Hospital, where he died, prompting a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation inquiry that reportedly examined whether officers contributed to the medical crisis and looked into allegations Smart had been involved in a kidnapping.

Did anyone in Memphis have contact with Smart that day or information that could clarify which account is accurate?