On the afternoon of March 10, 2024, Deshawna M. Traughber, 26, was found inside a white Dodge Challenger on Pine Circle in Springfield, Tennessee, having sustained a fatal gunshot wound; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Also in the car was 29-year-old Nicole J. Lane, who died shortly after from gunshot injuries.

Springfield police investigators say 27-year-old Monray Vontez Johnson, reported to be Traughber’s alleged boyfriend, was seen by a nearby relative standing next to the vehicle and allegedly responded to her question about what he had done by saying the B**** is dead. Johnson fled but was located a short time later hiding in another vehicle at 21st and Blair Street and booked into the Robertson County Detention Facility on two counts of Criminal Homicide. Cell phone pings placed his phone on Pine Circle during the shooting and officers later recovered the phone from a fallen tree near where he was found.

No motive has been reported. If anyone has information about Deshawna Traughber, Nicole Lane, or the events on Pine Circle that afternoon, please come forward.