Ladarius Montrell Cross, 28, was fatally shot in Chattanooga on the morning of November 18, 2017. The shooting happened outside a party in the 800 block of Wheeler Avenue; two others — 26-year-old Terrance Careathers and a juvenile — suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Witnesses suggested the violence was connected to rival gang activity.

Officers found Cross and Careathers with gunshot wounds; Cross was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives investigated for months and arrested Britian Crutcher, who was charged with criminal homicide and accused of firing shots from a vehicle alongside another person. The case was later bound over to the Grand Jury. Cross had attended Howard High School and worked at Koch’s Food; he is survived by his mother Sonya E. Palmer, his father Cedric C. Cross, and his children.

Did anyone attend that Wheeler Avenue gathering or have information about what led to the shooting?