Lawrence Lamar Edwards III, 54, was shot and killed on August 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. The attack occurred about 11:30 a.m. while Edwards sat in his pickup truck outside a market at 37 Lewis Street. Surveillance footage captured a suspect approaching the vehicle and firing multiple rounds inside, striking Edwards. He was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center but died of his wounds.

Witnesses gave a description of the shooter that officers used to locate a man minutes later. A 24-year-old identified as Taishaun Jackson matched that description; he was wearing distinctive clothing and carrying a grey backpack. Jackson tried to flee and discarded an object over a fence. A firearm was later recovered from a tree inside the fenced area. Jackson was charged with criminal homicide and held on $100,000 bond after saying he was experiencing amnesia during questioning.

If anyone saw the shooting, the suspect’s approach, or has additional information about what happened at 37 Lewis Street that morning, please share what is known.