Springfield, Tennessee, was rocked the morning of February 15, 2017, when 25-year-old Demetrius Dantrell Mack, a Black disabled Army veteran, was found slumped over in his running car on 21st Avenue East. The vehicle had stopped against a tree with doors locked and windows up; officers forced entry and discovered Mack deceased from a gunshot wound. Investigators concluded he had been shot at a nearby location, then drove away before losing consciousness.

Police quickly focused on an 18-year-old, Cameron Boyd, who had been released from jail a week earlier and was reportedly seen in the area about 15 minutes before the shooting. Boyd was arrested within hours and charged with criminal homicide; officers recovered a 9mm handgun on him, matching shell casings at the scene. A second man, 20-year-old Etonio Jones, was later indicted by the Robertson County Grand Jury on first-degree murder and aggravated robbery. Both men were held in the county jail without bond as proceedings continued.

Was anyone in Springfield familiar with Mack’s movements that morning or with either of the men named?