Trel Ahviante Gates, 23, was shot to death in the early evening of Friday, December 30, 2016, in the Chimney Top Apartments breezeway at 289 Chimney Top Drive in Antioch, Tennessee. Officers responding to reports of gunfire just after 5:30 p.m. found Gates near apartment 295; he had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses did not come forward to describe the shooting itself.

Police said Gates had been inside an apartment shortly before the shooting, left appearing agitated, moved a car out to the street, then returned toward the building when multiple shots rang out. Investigators described a possible suspect as a light-complexioned male around 200 pounds, last seen in a black hoodie and jeans with a hat that had flaps, and they publicly suggested the killing might be connected to drugs. The case remains listed among Nashville’s unsolved homicides with no public announcement of an arrest or charges.

If anyone was in the Chimney Top Apartments area that evening or has information about the man described, please come forward with tips.