On the night of Thursday, March 23, 2023, 20-year-old Dejuan Gadsden was fatally shot inside the Citgo at 3900 Clarksville Pike in Nashville. Officers responding to a robbery alarm found Gadsden deceased on the store floor with multiple gunshot wounds; the shooting occurred at about 10 p.m.

A 24-year-old man, Thomas Maxwell, was detained as he exited the business carrying two handguns. Maxwell told investigators he and Gadsden had a prior history and said he acted in self-defense after an earlier robbery and assault. Store surveillance, however, showed a different sequence: Gadsden parked and entered the store peacefully, then Maxwell arrived with a gun already in hand and immediately opened fire as Gadsden approached the front counter. The video also shows Maxwell continuing to shoot after Gadsden had fallen.

Maxwell was taken into custody and charged with criminal homicide. Did anyone who knew Dejuan or was near Clarksville Pike that night see anything that could help explain what led to this encounter?