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Mark Matlock, 57, was killed during a confrontation described as a botched robbery in Nashville on September 6, 2016. Matlock and a 32-year-old woman, Angel Pendred, had arranged to meet two people — 22-year-old Crystal Taylor and 26-year-old James Bratchie — ostensibly for a heroin transaction. An exchange of gunfire left Matlock struck multiple times.

Matlock and Pendred attempted to flee but Matlock’s severe injuries caused him to lose control of their vehicle, which then collided with a Nashville MTA bus near South 17th Street. Matlock was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and pronounced dead; Pendred suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was treated at the hospital.

Authorities found the suspects’ getaway car on Elliott Drive in Old Hickory the next day and arrested Crystal Taylor and James Bratchie; both were charged with criminal homicide in connection with Matlock’s death. Does anyone have information about the events at Shelby Park that afternoon or the people involved?