A pre-dawn shooting in Nashville left 33-year-old Dequan Howse dead on April 28, 2023. Police describe the incident as an apparent targeted attack in a courtyard at the Napier Place community. Howse, who frequented the area but did not live there, was walking through the courtyard when a man opened fire, striking him multiple times. He died at the scene.

Witnesses reported two men in all black fleeing on foot; investigators say the gunman and a second man remain unidentified and at large. Authorities have made a public appeal and asked anyone with information to contact Metro Nashville Police or Crime Stoppers. No motive or detailed events leading up to the shooting have been released.

If anyone was in or around Napier Place that morning or has information about the two men seen fleeing, please share what you know with investigators.