William Thomas ’Tré’ Lee III, 31, was shot and killed on June 26, 2017, in Nashville while sitting in a car with his girlfriend outside her apartment in the southern part of the city. According to reports, the woman’s 28-year-old ex-boyfriend, Pavan Voleti, approached the vehicle and an argument broke out. The verbal confrontation escalated and Voleti produced a firearm, shooting Lee in the passenger seat. Lee was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead; an obituary said he died protecting the people he loved.

Law enforcement identified Voleti as the suspect, issued a warrant for criminal homicide, and later took him into custody. Court records show Pavan R. Voleti was initially charged with first-degree murder; on March 1, 2019, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter and received a 15-year sentence in the Tennessee Department of Correction. A related charge of being a felon in possession of a weapon was dismissed.

Are there details about Lee’s life in Nashville, or witnesses to the altercation, who can add context to what happened that night?