On the evening of May 5, 2021, 21-year-old Zavion Daron Tramine Ferguson was found shot in a grassy area beside a basketball court on Walthall Street in Athens, Tennessee. Emergency personnel rendered aid but Ferguson died at the scene. An 18-year-old, Logan Rowe of Niota, was arrested that night and charged with second-degree murder.

Police say an altercation began at the court when several people allegedly began punching Rowe; Rowe fired shots as people fled and Ferguson was struck. Rowe later claimed self-defense. Ferguson’s family and friends remember him as a happy, fun-loving young man and a talented high school football player; they held a vigil and balloon release and dispute the initial account, saying he was an innocent bystander and that the media narrative did not reflect what happened.

Are there witnesses who were at the court that evening or anyone with video who can clarify what led to the shooting?