A dispute over the upbringing of his son ended with fatal consequences for Alexander Lamar West. West, 25, was shot in the head on May 4, 2018, at the Caprice Apartments on Valley View Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee after a heated argument with 36-year-old Antonio Gipson, who was dating the child’s mother. West was taken to UT Medical Center but did not survive.

Investigators say Gipson fled the scene in a white or cream-colored Chrysler 300 and was later contacted by police; he agreed to turn himself in to the Knoxville Police Department and was arrested. Gipson was charged with first-degree murder and held on $750,000 bond.

The case raises questions about how a text-message dispute over parenting escalated to lethal violence. Anyone with information about the shooting or events at the Caprice Apartments that afternoon is asked to come forward.