Michael Owens Jr., 30, was fatally shot in the Mitchell Heights neighborhood of Memphis on the afternoon of Sunday, March 8, 2026. Officers responding to a call just before 1 p.m. found Owens suffering from a gunshot wound in the 3300 block of Buchanan Avenue, off Jackson Avenue; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Family members gathered as police cordoned off the street. Relatives described Owens as a father, a kind person who helped others, and someone well-known and loved in the neighborhood where he grew up and still lived. Investigators searched for a dark gray or silver vehicle believed to have been involved in the shooting. An arrest was later made in connection with the fatal shooting, but further details about the suspect or a motive have not been released.

Did anyone in the Mitchell Heights area see a dark gray or silver vehicle near Buchanan Avenue around 1 p.m. on March 8?