Xavier Shotwell, 48, was killed in the early morning hours of November 30, 2018, in a service station parking lot on Summer Avenue in Memphis. He was sitting in his pickup truck when a black Mercedes pulled in and blocked him. Two armed men exited the Mercedes and began to rob another person; Shotwell rammed his truck into the suspects’ vehicle and the assailants opened fire, fatally striking him before fleeing.

The suspects’ Mercedes was found shortly afterward, abandoned and set on fire; police determined it had been stolen in a carjacking the previous day. Officers stopped a white pickup that had been seen with the Mercedes within about an hour, and six people were taken into custody: three adults — 21-year-old Carlos Craft, 23-year-old Demetrius Harris, and 19-year-old Marcus Brown — and three juveniles, aged 13, 14, and 15. All six were charged with crimes including first-degree murder and robbery.

In May 2022 Marcus Brown pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, and carjacking and was sentenced to 30 years with no possibility of parole. The cases against the remaining co-defendants were still pending at that time. Did anyone in the Memphis area witness activity in the Summer Avenue service station that night or know more about the people involved?