Willie Arthur David IV was 18 when he was shot and found wounded in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on May 3, 2015. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead that evening.

Murfreesboro Police investigated the shooting and identified 19-year-old Antone L. Costa of Nashville as a suspect. An arrest warrant was issued and Costa was taken into custody, charged with first-degree murder. Investigators said the shooting grew out of an ongoing dispute between people who knew one another rather than being a random act.

Those who knew Willie and the community around him were left confronting a sudden, violent loss.