Decorian Montez Dodson was 28 when he was shot at a Marathon gas station in the Whitehaven area of Memphis on October 15, 2023. He was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital–DeSoto in Southaven, where he died of his injuries.

Witnesses reported a group fleeing the scene in a red Dodge van, and investigators searched for that vehicle in the immediate aftermath. An arrest was later announced in connection with the fatal shooting, but specific details about suspects directly tied to Dodson’s death have not been widely released as the investigation continued.

Separate law enforcement activity in December 2024 resulted in arrests related to other alleged crimes in Shelby County; authorities have not publicly clarified whether those actions are connected to Dodson’s killing. If anyone has information about Dodson, the red Dodge van, or the October 15 scene in Whitehaven, please share what is known.