On the evening of April 26, 2024, 30-year-old Javier Palafox-Garcia, a Hispanic man, was found dead in the 700 block of Patricia Drive in Nashville, Tennessee. Investigators say he had been shot multiple times and then run over by a vehicle after a confrontation rooted in a years-old grievance.

That same night, 19-year-old Jahir Hernandez went to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office and confessed to the killing. Hernandez told homicide detectives he had arranged a meeting with Palafox-Garcia at an apartment complex on Thompson Place with the intent to kill him, shot him after Palafox-Garcia entered the passenger seat of his car, then drove to Patricia Drive, left the body in the street and admitted driving over it at high speed. Hernandez was arrested and charged with criminal homicide; bond was set at $350,000. Authorities have not indicated they are seeking other suspects.

If anyone knew Javier, saw him in the area of Thompson Place or Patricia Drive on April 26, or has information about the events that night, please come forward.