On a Sunday evening in March 2019, 40-year-old Gary Ballard, a Black male, was fatally shot in a triple shooting in the Hyde Park neighborhood of North Memphis. The attack on March 24 left two other people critically wounded; family members at the scene later said two of the victims were related. Emergency responders found all three with gunshot wounds. Ballard was pronounced dead at the scene and the other two were taken to a nearby hospital.

Police investigated and identified a suspect who had fled Tennessee. Less than a week after the shooting, authorities arrested that suspect in Texas. Anyone with information about Gary Ballard, the shooting, or the victims is asked to come forward.