Dashawn Ellison, 23, was shot and killed during the evening of February 7, 2019, inside an apartment in the Buena Vista area of North Nashville. A dice game was underway when gunfire erupted shortly after 9:30 p.m.; Ellison was shot in the torso, transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and pronounced dead soon after arrival. Early investigative work focused on determining exactly where the shooting occurred and who fired the fatal shot, with detectives interviewing people who had been present.

Police later identified James C. Jones as a suspect connected to Ellison’s killing, and by August 2020 local reporting described Jones as wanted in this case. Jones remained at large for years; reporting says he was taken into custody in December 2025 on a separate shooting charge and was booked on outstanding indictments that included first-degree murder and other charges, with an indictment tied to Ellison’s fatal shooting noted then. Have any readers with knowledge of the Buena Vista area or who were in that apartment that night come forward with information?