A November night in Memphis ended with a 24-year-old man dead after an argument inside an apartment complex. Pierre Cheers was found on the floor with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene on November 24, 2017. The incident occurred in the Stone Ridge area near Riverdale in the Hickory Hill neighborhood.

Witnesses said a dispute involved Cheers, his girlfriend, and 21-year-old Justin Mays. Neighbors reported faint arguing followed by a single gunshot; emergency calls included the girlfriend saying Mays had shot her boyfriend. Police arrested Mays at the scene and charged him with murder in perpetration of a felony and aggravated kidnapping, the latter tied to allegations he had kidnapped Cheers’ girlfriend prior to the shooting. Witness testimony and other evidence were presented in the ensuing prosecution.

If anyone in Hickory Hill that night saw or heard anything that could clarify what happened, please come forward with information.