Mark Anthony LeSure, 57, a retired Memphis Police Department homicide detective and recent advocate for police reform, was found unresponsive in his driveway in the early morning hours of July 9, 2023. Responding officers pronounced him dead at the scene. Authorities had not released an official cause of death at the time of the report, though some accounts suggested a possible heart attack.

Police arrested 27-year-old Shuntae Daniels after investigators say she was with LeSure at his home the morning he died. Officers allege an argument occurred, LeSure collapsed in the driveway, and Daniels then entered his house, took his wallet and phone, and went through his pockets as he lay incapacitated. Investigators say Daniels used LeSure’s phone to transfer $1,500 to herself and later admitted spending the money; she was charged with aggravated burglary, theft of property, and identity theft. Authorities have not publicly named Daniels as a suspect in causing LeSure’s death.

LeSure’s public criticism of the Memphis Police Department in the months before his death intensified community reaction to the case. If anyone knew LeSure, was at his home that morning, or has information about his last hours, please come forward.