Henry C. Taylor was 16 when he was shot and killed on the evening of March 4, 2024, in the 500 block of Lemont Drive in Nashville. Officers responded around 8:30 p.m. after multiple gunshots were reported and found him lying in the street with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to Skyline Medical Center, where he later died.

Investigators concluded there had been an apparent exchange of gunfire between separate parties at the scene. The motive and why Henry was in that area remained under investigation. Evidence processed by the MNPD Crime Lab later linked a 17-year-old, Jakari Pirtle, to the exchange of gunfire, and he was indicted as an adult on a charge of 2nd-degree murder in connection with Henry’s death; detectives were also pursuing ties to another fatal shooting earlier that year.

If anyone has information about Henry, his movements that night, or the shooting on Lemont Drive, please contact Crime Stoppers or the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.