On the evening of Sunday, July 29, 2018, Vincent Jones, 23, was shot and killed outside the Westwood Community Center in Memphis. The slaying happened about 8:45 p.m. in the 800 block of Western Park; Jones was found near the basketball court and pronounced dead at the scene.

Two other people with gunshot wounds were taken to Methodist South Hospital. One was identified as Thomas Givand, who at first claimed a drive-by shooting on Castalia before officers learned he was a suspect in the Westwood incident. An affidavit says Givand told officers, upon overhearing them, that he shot Jones after Jones allegedly shot him first. A witness told police they saw Givand approach Jones with a gun and demand he run everything in his pockets, then gunfire followed. Surveillance footage reportedly captured the incident but has not been released.

Givand, 19 at the time, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the course of a robbery and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. A 13-year-old was also wounded, sustaining a non-critical foot wound and treated at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. If anyone saw activity around the Westwood basketball court that night or knows more about the people involved, please share what was seen.