A workplace dispute at a Kroger distribution center in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 26, 2024, ended in the death of 39-year-old Jacoby Hopson Sr. According to witness accounts, a verbal altercation between Hopson and a 55-year-old coworker, Anderson Todd, escalated after Hopson invited Todd to an area of the warehouse without cameras to fight. Witnesses described the confrontation becoming physical; one said Hopson pulled Todd’s skull cap over his face and that Todd then began swinging his arms in a stabbing motion. Coworkers who intervened found Hopson collapsed and bleeding; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene shortly after 9 a.m. Hopson was a father of five and an assistant football coach at Lake Cormorant High School, where he coached one of his sons.

Anderson Todd was arrested and initially charged with second-degree murder. He was released on a $200,000 bond on December 31, 2024. Todd’s attorney has argued the actions were in self-defense; on April 15 his charge was reduced to voluntary manslaughter and the case was sent to a grand jury. Does anyone who worked at the distribution center or knew Jacoby have details that could shed light on what happened that morning?