A confrontation outside a Wendy’s on South Highland Street in Memphis on the night of September 28, 2025, ended with 19-year-old Jaxx High dead after gunfire. According to reports, several bounty hunters attempted to take High into custody around 10:30 p.m.; during the encounter he fired shots at them and then turned the gun on himself. Emergency responders transported him to a hospital, where he died of his injuries. Police investigated the scene but made no arrests in connection with the gunfire during the attempted apprehension, and the case into his death was later closed.

High was a Bartlett resident and a fugitive at the time, facing two active warrants for second-degree murder. The first charge dated to January 28, 2024, when a child died of fentanyl toxicity and investigators alleged High, then 17, supplied the fatal dose; he was arrested as an adult and released on a $75,000 bond. While out on bond, authorities identified him in a July 1, 2024, fatal shooting on Felix Avenue that left one man dead and a woman injured, prompting a second warrant in early September 2025. Did anyone in East Memphis see the events at the Wendy’s parking lot that night or have information about the attempted apprehension?