Martavious Pryor, 24, was shot on September 18, 2023, at a Valero gas station on Airways Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee, and died the next day. His mother, Dedrus Peterson, says Pryor was with someone he considered a friend who allegedly robbed him and shot him in the back of the head. Pryor was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries the following day.

The killing left the family facing both grief and financial hardship; Peterson, who has eleven other children, struggled to afford a burial and the family’s church assisted with cremation costs. Peterson reports there was a witness to the shooting and has voiced frustration over what she describes as slow progress in the investigation. No arrests have been announced and the Memphis Police Department is asking the public to contact CrimeStoppers with any information.

If anyone has information about what happened at the Valero on Airways Boulevard that night, please contact CrimeStoppers.