On the evening of February 7, 2015, Essic Woodard, a 47-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in the Parkway Village area of Memphis, Tennessee. Woodard was in the 4800 block of Winchester Circle when gunfire erupted; he was found with a gunshot wound to his chest and was taken to the Regional Medical Center, where he died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators say Woodard was an unintended victim. The shooting began after unknown assailants opened fire on vehicles carrying a group who were on their way to a party at a nearby residence. A 22-year-old woman was also wounded in the leg. Witnesses reported the suspects fled in a red Dodge Magnum.

On April 6, 2015, Memphis police arrested 19-year-old Aaron Harper after witnesses identified him in a photo lineup. He was charged with first-degree murder in Woodard’s death and with five counts of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly firing at the other people in their cars.

If anyone has information about the shooting, the suspects, or the red Dodge Magnum, please share what is known.