Eliezer De La Cruz, a 21-year-old Hispanic man from Yonkers, New York, was killed on September 1, 2018, while driving a rented SUV on Interstate 40 in the Hermitage area outside Nashville. According to police, his vehicle was pursued by at least one other car, shot at during a violent chase, and went out of control down an embankment. De La Cruz was found dead behind the wheel; a 21-year-old male passenger from the Bronx survived with a leg injury.

Investigators reported finding thousands of dollars in cash inside the rental SUV, and described the attack as targeted rather than random. Nashville police focused the inquiry on who De La Cruz had come to Tennessee to meet and where the large sum of money originated. As of late 2018 the homicide remained an active investigation with suspects still being sought.

Did anyone in the Nashville area know Eliezer or have information about his activities in the days before September 1, 2018?