Willie Bacon, a 39-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on the evening of November 5, 2017, near the Community Kitchen on Baldwin Street. Authorities responded to a report of an unconscious person and found Bacon with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators quickly identified a suspect, 34-year-old Jamaal Mondrew Mayes, after a witness said Mayes had been at her home bragging about shooting someone earlier that day near the Community Kitchen. Police questioned Mayes; he confessed and said the killing was over an unpaid loan reportedly exceeding $50. During the later trial, a witness testified Mayes said he wanted to shoot Bacon five or six more times after the fatal shot to the chest.

If anyone knew Willie Bacon, his movements that evening, or has information about the dispute that led to his death, please come forward.