Zacharia Ocho Nahimana was 21 when he was shot outside the Sunnight Lounge at 1045 Maryville Pike in South Knoxville in the early hours of June 9, 2019. Police were called about 2:40 a.m.; officers found him gravely injured in the parking lot and he was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with life-threatening wounds. He did not survive.

Born in Tanzania, Nahimana came to the United States with his family in February 2008 and attended Stone Mountain Middle School and Austin-East High School. He worked multiple jobs and was employed at McDonald’s at the time of his death. Family remembered him for his warmth, laughter, and a smile that made others feel seen. The shooting prompted a homicide investigation; investigators worked to identify who fired the shots but no suspect has been publicly named and no arrest has been announced.

Who knew Zacharia or was in the Sunnight Lounge parking lot that night and can help fill in what happened before dawn?