Tavoris Bates, a 31-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Jackson, Tennessee, on the evening of Friday, November 16, 2018. The shooting prompted an immediate investigation by the Jackson Police Department as officers worked to reconstruct the events that led to Bates’s death.

Within days investigators identified a suspect. On Monday, November 19, 2018, police announced the arrest of Donny Hares Jr., who was charged with first-degree murder and booked into the Madison County Jail. Authorities did not immediately release a motive or detailed evidence tying Hares to the shooting.

If anyone witnessed the November 16 shooting or has information about what happened that evening, please share tips with the Jackson Police Department.