On the morning of Saturday, September 23, 2017, James L. Perry, a 34-year-old Black/African American man known to family as Pac-Man, was fatally shot about 5:00 a.m. at 1903 12th Ave N in North Nashville. Perry was returning to a car that was waiting for him when a man in a hoodie approached and opened fire, striking him multiple times before fleeing. Perry’s girlfriend was with him and alerted police; officers were flagged down and taken to the scene after several reports of gunshots in the area. Paramedics tried to save him but Perry died at the scene.

Perry was a cook who was described as a well-known member of his community. His sister, Lisa Fleming, has urged anyone with information to come forward but investigators say fear of retaliation has hindered witnesses from speaking.

Did anyone in the Nashville area know James Perry or see activity around 12th Ave N that morning?