On the evening of March 23, 2010, 20-year-old Marquise Wilkerson was shot while playing football with friends at the intersection of 10th Avenue North and Coffee Street in Nashville. Around 7:30 p.m., gunfire erupted and the players scattered; Wilkerson was struck and later died of his wounds.

Witnesses told police a man standing in a nearby alley between 9th and 10th Avenues North fired toward the group. The shooter was described as a Black male with an afro, dressed all in black, who fled in a gray or brown SUV using the alley. Motive remains unclear and the case has gone cold; no arrests have been announced.

Anyone who was in that area that night or who recognizes the suspect description or vehicle is asked to share information that could help identify the person responsible for Marquise’s death.