On the evening of May 6, 2023, 43-year-old Sedrick Yarborough was fatally shot in the 700 block of Representative John Lewis Way South in Nashville. The shooting took place around 7:30 p.m. while Yarborough was walking on the sidewalk near Ash Street. Surveillance footage showed a man on an electric scooter ride onto the sidewalk, stop about 15 yards ahead of Yarborough, and engage in a verbal exchange. The man then drew a handgun and fired at least two shots in Yarborough’s direction, which initially did not appear to strike him, before running toward Yarborough and firing several more times.

Witnesses identified the scooter rider as 44-year-old Reed Marshall Jr., who fled the scene on the scooter. Detectives located and arrested Marshall near his residence on Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard the next morning; he was reportedly in possession of marijuana, a digital scale with white powder residue, and several hundred dollars. Marshall was charged with criminal homicide in connection with Yarborough’s death and was also facing unrelated felony drug charges.

If anyone who knew Sedrick Yarborough or who was in that area that evening has information, please share what you know.