Deshawn Smith, 19, was shot and killed in Memphis’s Whitehaven neighborhood on January 27, 2018. News reports tied his death to a single fatal shooting at the Peppertree Apartments complex off Elvis Presley Boulevard; a local obituary (listed as DeShannon Smith) and a gun violence memorial both record the date and describe the death as a homicide by firearm.

Friends and family remembered him on an online memorial as TataBagg or TataBugg, full of life and already a father. He attended Westwood High School and Excel Adult School and was described as an only son by relatives. The Peppertree Apartments setting figures in local coverage because the property had a long history of violence and deteriorating conditions cited by residents and officials.

Records in the memorial and obituary do not name a suspect or describe any arrest or court proceedings connected to his killing. Does anyone who knew Deshawn or his family have information that could help fill the gaps about what happened that night?