Michael Allen, a 39-year-old Black man, was shot on a Nashville sidewalk just before midnight on Friday, September 19, 2014. He was standing with three others outside his home at 612 41st Avenue when two vehicles — reported as a white Dodge minivan and a silver Nissan sedan — drove up and occupants from both cars opened fire. Allen’s companions escaped without injury; Allen was hit and taken to a local hospital.

He survived for six days but died of his wounds on September 25, 2014. The shooting remains an open homicide investigation with the Nashville Police Department. No suspects have been publicly identified, no arrests have been announced, and the motive is unknown.

If anyone has information about the vehicles, the shooting, or the people present that night, please come forward to assist the investigation.