Nathaniel George ’Nate’ Cody III, 34, was found with a fatal gunshot wound in the driveway of a home on North 10th Street in Paducah on the evening of September 24, 2014. He was taken to a local hospital and later transferred to another facility, but did not survive; his death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators focused on a primary suspect, Jermaine J. Harris. A warrant was issued charging Harris with murder, and he later surrendered to the Paducah Police Department accompanied by his attorney. He was held in the McCracken County Jail as the case proceeded. Reports indicate a possible altercation between Cody and Harris in the moments before the shooting, although details of that confrontation remained part of the ongoing investigation.

If anyone witnessed the events near North 10th Street on September 24, 2014, or has information about the altercation that preceded the shooting, please come forward.