Craig Crisp, 24, was fatally shot on the evening of August 11, 2018, during an attempted robbery at the Hickory Lakes Apartments in Antioch, Tennessee. Detectives identified two suspects: 18-year-old Michael Russell and a 15-year-old, Brandon Caruthers. The pair were also suspected in a robbery at the same complex a week earlier.

Russell was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated robbery; during questioning he provided information about the night Crisp was killed. Caruthers remained at large for a time, later escaping from a juvenile detention center in November 2019 and being recaptured in December 2019 in Antioch. He faced an aggravated robbery charge in adult court and escape-related charges.

Russell was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison.