In the early morning hours of May 14, 2025, police found 26-year-old Dana Corley, a Black male, shot multiple times inside a Nissan Altima that had crashed into a tree at 16th and Wedgewood Avenues in Nashville. Corley’s wallet was missing and his phone was later recovered near Wedgewood and 21st Avenues; neighbors reported hearing gunshots between 10:30 p.m. and 11:10 p.m. the previous night.

Investigators say the encounter began at a Circle K on Belmont Boulevard, where 24-year-old Jordan A. Smith reportedly forced Corley out of the store at gunpoint, robbed him of his phone and then followed Corley as he drove away. The pursuit ended near 16th Avenue South and Wedgewood Avenue when Smith allegedly fired into Corley’s vehicle. Smith was arrested days later at an apartment complex on Buena Vista Pike and is being held on felony counts including criminal homicide, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery and evidence tampering.

Corley’s family said he had been trying to turn his life around; his father, Dana Mayo, was also killed years earlier in an unsolved shooting. Does anyone have information about Corley’s movements that night or about the Circle K encounter on Belmont Boulevard?