Frederick Sparks, 32, was found outside an apartment on the 900 block of Cannon Street in Nashville’s Napier-Sudekum neighborhood on the night of Saturday, January 14, 2023, with a single gunshot wound. Emergency responders arrived about 10:45 p.m.; Sparks was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center but died of his injuries. The death was ruled a homicide.

Metro Nashville Police Department Homicide Unit detectives opened an intensive investigation and said they were following active leads. Authorities asked the public to contact Crime Stoppers with information.

If anyone saw activity around Cannon Street that night or has information about Frederick Sparks’s death, please contact Crime Stoppers or the Metro Nashville Police Department.