Jermaine Ivory, a 42-year-old Black man, was killed the evening of December 13, 2016, outside his home in the 1900 block of 14th Avenue North in Nashville. He had been helping another man hang Christmas lights when gunfire erupted; Ivory was shot and later pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators reported he may have exchanged gunfire with as many as four individuals and believed the shooting was motivated by robbery.

Police arrested 19-year-old Marcellus Eddings the day after the shooting and charged him with criminal homicide. A juvenile with gunshot wounds was dropped off at a hospital shortly after the incident in an SUV that matched the description of the vehicle that fled. A 60-year-old bystander on a nearby porch was also struck by gunfire and was in stable condition.

In June 2019 a second suspect, Stephon Tucker, then 22, was arrested after a grand jury indictment and charged with first-degree murder. The case also included a frightening episode in which Ivory’s daughter reported a shadowy figure fired at her car; her vehicle was later found burning and police investigated whether it was connected to the murder. Does anyone have information about the shooting or the events that followed?