Kent Allen Smith was a 56-year-old owner of the Beverage Center and Midway Liquor on Winchester Road in Memphis. Known locally for feeding the homeless and for being generous, he was killed during an armed robbery at his store on the morning of July 19, 2014. Three men entered the shop at gunpoint; a struggle and an exchange of gunfire followed. Smith was struck, taken to Regional One Medical Center, and pronounced dead. He reportedly shot one of his assailants during the incident.

Investigators traced the getaway vehicle, a gold Mercury Marquis, to an abandoned location nearby. One suspect, wounded in the shooting, sought medical attention at an Olive Branch fire station and was taken into custody. Three men were arrested and charged in connection with the robbery and murder: Ernest Butler, Autry Butler, and Reginald Mall. Ernest Butler was convicted of first-degree felony murder and of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and received a life sentence plus an additional fifteen years for the firearm count.

Did anyone in the Memphis area know Kent Smith or see activity around Winchester Road that morning?