MaKlain Lawson was a 20-year-old student and active church member from Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, whose life ended after a January night in Polk County. He graduated from Bradley Central High School in 2015 and was enrolled in engineering studies at Cleveland State Community College. Family and memorials remember him as outgoing, wittiest in his class, involved in debate, theater and many sports—especially rugby—and active in Smyrna Baptist Church, Mt. Olive Ministries, and North Cleveland Church of God.

On the night of Wednesday, January 10, 2018, Lawson was at a home on the 9800 block of Highway 411 in the Delano area with two other young men when three teenagers from Athens arrived for what was described as a transaction of property. An argument and a fight followed, and one of the visiting teens produced a gun and opened fire. Lawson and Charles D. Buffkin were wounded and airlifted to Erlanger hospital; Lawson died there on Thursday, January 11, 2018. Deputies arrested three teens from Athens within a week; Robert Jerome Benton was publicly identified and two juveniles were charged in juvenile court, each facing felony murder and especially aggravated robbery counts.

If anyone knew MaKlain or was in the Delano area that night, does that person have information that could help clarify what happened?