Xavier Javon Taylor, a 22-year-old Black male, was shot and killed early on January 27, 2023. Police were called just after midnight to the J.C. Napier Homes complex on Lafayette Street after reports of shots fired and people fleeing. Officers found an apartment door slightly ajar and Taylor wounded on a living room couch. He was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he died from gunshot injuries.

At the time he was shot Taylor was wearing an ankle monitor as a condition of his release on bond for carjacking and felony cocaine possession charges stemming from an arrest in May. Investigators have been examining whether those prior charges relate to the fatal shooting. The Metro Nashville Police Department says the investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made; detectives are trying to identify who was in the apartment when the shooting occurred.

If anyone has information about that night or knew Taylor and can help investigators, please contact Crime Stoppers.