In the early morning hours of March 5, 2018, 19-year-old Buford E. Reyna Jr. was found dead in a residence on Chance Road in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. Reyna, a Central Prep graduate and father of a son and a daughter, was determined to be a victim of gun violence. Marion County dispatch received a call shortly after 5 a.m., and officers from the South Pittsburg Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff’s Department responded. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was asked to assist by the 12th District Attorney General.

An acquaintance, Kordell D. Griffin, was identified as the person alleged to be responsible. Griffin was taken into custody that same evening and charged with one count of Criminal Homicide and one count of Possession of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon; he was booked into the Marion County Jail held without bond. Few additional public details about motive or the events leading up to the shooting have been released.

If anyone knew Buford Reyna Jr. or has information about what happened on Chance Road that morning, please share what you know.