On the night of January 20, 2023, 20-year-old Jathan Allen Cagle of McMinnville, Tennessee, was shot at a residence on Lance Street and transported to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. He died of his injuries the next day, January 21, 2023.

Investigators from the McMinnville Police Department and the District Attorney General’s office for the 31st Judicial District identified and arrested 37-year-old Jacob Omar Simpson in connection with the shooting. Simpson was charged with criminal homicide and held by the Warren County Sheriff’s Department on $1 million bail. Court filings show Simpson is the victim’s father; he waived a preliminary hearing in General Sessions Court in February 2023 and the case was bound over to the grand jury.

Jathan is survived by two children, Roman and Melayah Cagle; his family held a graveside service at Hebron Cemetery on January 25, 2023. Does anyone have information about what happened that night or about Jathan’s last movements?