On the evening of Thursday, November 6, 2008, Vernon Irvin, a 52-year-old employee of the Regional Medical Center, was at his home at 1908 Macaulay in North Memphis visiting with a friend. At about 7:15 p.m. the doorbell rang; Irvin answered, spoke briefly with the person at the door, and was then shot.

Responding officers found Irvin inside his residence with a gunshot wound. He died at the scene. The shooter fled on foot in an unknown direction and no vehicle was seen leaving the area. The Memphis Police Department’s Homicide Bureau is handling the investigation, and no arrests have been announced.

What do readers who lived in that neighborhood on November 6, 2008 remember about that evening or anyone seen walking near 1908 Macaulay?