Gregory Joseph Howard Sr., a 36-year-old New Orleans firefighter, was in Memphis on August 26, 2017 to take part in a basketball tournament for first responders. In the early morning outside the Mynt Lounge, an argument between two local rappers that began inside the club spilled into the parking lot. During the melee, shots were fired and Howard was struck by a stray bullet; he was not the intended target.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office obtained surveillance footage showing a man holding a gun and identified that person as a suspect. Despite public appeals and the circulated images, no publicly announced arrests have been made and the case grew cold. Howard is remembered by his wife and two young sons as loving, playful, and respectable.

Did anyone in Memphis at the Mynt Lounge that night see something that could break this case open?