On the evening of September 25, 2024, in Hixson, Tennessee, 20-year-old Lataivus Keyon Moore was shot during a domestic dispute at his girlfriend’s home on Forest Dale Lane and later died at Erlanger Hospital. Moore, known as Tay-Tay, had graduated Brainerd High School in 2022, worked at Wrigley’s and Volkswagen, and had recently become a father.

Police say they were called to the residence around 9:43 p.m. and found Moore with a gunshot wound to his lower back. Investigators identified 22-year-old Alaina Michell Stallings as the person who fired the shot. Stallings told officers the couple argued, that Moore struck her in the face, and that she retrieved a handgun intending to make him leave. Home security video reportedly shows Stallings holding a firearm, Moore striking her, then turning to leave before a single shot was fired; a single shell casing was recovered.

Authorities concluded the shooting did not meet the legal standard for self-defense, and Stallings was charged with second-degree murder. Did anyone who knew Lataivus or the couple see them that night or have information about what led to the argument?