Rockwell Montanez, an 18-year-old African-American male, was shot and killed in Nashville on the evening of Thursday, April 8, 2010. He was walking past the Kentucky Fried Chicken at 2910 Clarksville Pike at about 6:00 p.m. when he was confronted by an unknown individual or individuals and shot.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department opened a homicide investigation but the motive and the identity of the shooter or shooters were not publicly determined. No suspects or arrests were announced in the years immediately following, and the case later became part of the Nashville Cold Case Unit’s files.

The family continues to await answers and closure for Rockwell’s killing. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Rockwell, please come forward to investigators.