Theodore Miguel Taylor, 21, was fatally shot on January 30, 2024, at a residence on Rawls Creek Road in Gordonsville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was asked to assist by the 15th Judicial District Attorney General and opened an active investigation into the circumstances of the early-morning shooting.

TBI agents developed a case theory that shifted attention away from a simple shooting: investigators say Theodore’s mother, Trena Roberts, allegedly prompted him to assault two other men with a deadly weapon. That confrontation, according to the development described by investigators, resulted in one of the assaulted men recklessly killing Theodore. A Smith County Grand Jury later indicted Roberts on one count of Reckless Homicide and two counts of Aggravated Assault; she was booked into the Smith County Jail on a $40,000 bond after the indictment.

What details about the events on Rawls Creek Road could help clarify what happened that night?