On the early morning of December 17, 2019, 26-year-old Shartavis Mondrell Rollins was shot and killed in Jackson, Tennessee. That night also saw a separate fatal shooting of 47-year-old Charlene Allbright; investigators later said the incidents were connected rather than random.

Authorities identified 23-year-old Aleriq Smith during the investigation. Smith reportedly admitted to firing shots at both the location where Rollins was killed and at Allbright’s residence, saying his actions were motivated by a desire for revenge over the earlier death of a friend. Smith was arrested on January 26, 2020, and charged in connection with the shootings.

What details about that night or about Shartavis Rollins’s life might help clarify how the attacks unfolded?