A one-year-old child, Leo Amir Weathers, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Frayser neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee, in the early morning hours of December 16, 2023. The shooting happened while Leo was inside a home on Wellons Avenue; emergency crews found shell casings on the concrete and rushed him to Regional One Health, where he died of his injuries.

Leo’s mother, Leaundra Dockery, described him as a happy, smart, and handsome baby and has expressed profound grief. The shooting came amid a record year for child gun violence in Memphis: Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital treated more than 170 children for gunshot wounds in 2023. As of late December 2023 the Memphis Police Department had not released information about suspects or arrests and the investigation remained ongoing; Leo’s family established a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses.

If anyone in the Frayser area that night has information or dashcam, doorbell, or other footage that could help, please come forward to the investigators.