On the evening of October 18, 2024, 14-year-old Brendan Grady was shot outside an apartment building at 154 North 6th Street near the Parkway Terrace Apartments in East Nashville. The shooting occurred at about 7 p.m.; emergency crews took the boy to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Authorities say the incident stemmed from what they believe was an attempted robbery.

Metro Nashville Police homicide detectives identified another 14-year-old, Jeremiah Smith, as a suspect. Investigators say Smith and Grady were acquaintances and that Smith, armed at the time, was attempting to rob Grady of a pistol when a fatal shot was fired. Smith reportedly fled in a stolen Toyota Tundra that was later found abandoned; police arrested him the next day at his grandmother’s residence. He faces charges including criminal homicide, vehicle theft, robbery, and evidence tampering, and detectives say they are seeking others who may have been connected to the incident.

Does anyone have information about Brendan’s movements that evening or about people who might have been with him near North 6th Street?