Eric Oran Jackson Jr. was 21 and a student at Tennessee State University when he was shot and killed in Nashville on the evening of September 20, 2015. He and his girlfriend were sitting in his car near Hadley Park after the African Street Festival when two armed men approached, ordered him to open the driver’s side door, and he attempted to drive away. The vehicle became caught on a utility pole guide wire and, during the struggle, at least one gunman fired, striking Jackson in the head.

He was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he later died; his death was recorded as Nashville’s 48th criminal homicide that year. Metro Police identified two suspects, William Lawrence and Tyjuan Wallace, and detectives Andrew Davis and Chad Gish presented evidence including text messages linking the men to the robbery and shooting. A Davidson County jury found Lawrence and Wallace guilty of first-degree felony murder in February 2017, and both received life sentences.

Did anyone who attended the African Street Festival that night see or hear anything that could add detail to what happened?