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Sylvester Hockett, 23, was killed in Clarksville, Tennessee on July 14, 2006, after being struck in the back of the head by a single shotgun pellet while trying to flee gunfire. The violence grew out of a dispute that began earlier that evening with a verbal altercation at a local bar involving a group of men and individuals described as the Greenwood boys. Later that night two women said they had been disrespected by the Greenwood group, after which several men armed themselves, split into three cars, and went to the Greenwood area.

At the intersection of Edmondson Ferry Road and Caldwell Lane shots were fired from the vehicles. Hockett, on a nearby porch, was hit and taken to Vanderbilt Hospital, where he died. The Clarksville Police Department arrested nine people in connection with the shooting. Kenneth L. Peachman was identified by several co-defendants as the person holding the shotgun that fired the fatal shot; he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a 24 and a half year sentence. Jecory J. Leonard, who drove one of the cars, later admitted involvement, named others who fired from his vehicle, and pleaded guilty to facilitation of second-degree murder and facilitation of attempted first-degree murder, receiving concurrent ten-year terms.

Several others were charged for roles in the incident. Does anyone have information about the events that night or knew Sylvester Hockett?