Tyreese Southern was 17 when he was shot and killed in north Nashville on the evening of Tuesday, December 18, 2018. He was a high school student involved in school activities and remembered as having a promising future. After gunfire that night he was transported to a nearby hospital but died of his wounds.

Nashville police opened a homicide investigation into the shooting and worked to determine what happened and who was responsible. The circumstances that led to the shooting and the motive remain unclear.

If anyone knew Tyreese, witnessed the shooting, or has information that could help explain what happened that night, please share what is known.