Tedarius Day, 31, was killed by a stray bullet while sitting in his car with three of his young children on October 29, 2023. The vehicle was parked outside Tha Table restaurant in the 3200 block of Elvis Presley Boulevard in the Whitehaven area of Memphis when gunfire erupted; Day was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooting began after individuals attempted to break into cars in the restaurant parking lot. Owner Alfonzo Turner confronted the suspects and fired as they left; the suspects returned and opened fire on the restaurant. Both Turner and Day were hit, and Turner later died at a hospital.

Police arrested two suspects on October 31, 2023, after a chase in a stolen Infiniti. Officers say they recovered an AR-15-style rifle, a Glock handgun with a drum magazine, and a Glock switch in the vehicle. Twenty-year-old Darion Banks was later indicted on two counts of first-degree murder and other charges; 22-year-old Michael Shaffer faced charges related to evading arrest and car theft after initial reports of murder charges were corrected.

If anyone witnessed the shooting outside Tha Table or has information about the events that afternoon, please share what was seen or heard.