On the evening of August 17, 2024, a dispute in a West Nashville apartment complex parking lot turned fatal for 25-year-old Christopher Rhodes. Rhodes and his girlfriend were moving furniture into their new home at the Richland Hills Apartments on Maudina Avenue when they were confronted by a man. A verbal argument escalated into a physical struggle and multiple gunshots were fired; Rhodes was struck and left critically injured in the parking lot.

Emergency services arrived just after 10 p.m. and Rhodes was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he later died. His 3-year-old son was present and witnessed the shooting.

If anyone witnessed the shooting, saw the confrontation in the parking lot, or has information about that evening at Richland Hills Apartments, please come forward and share what you know.