An 18-year-old named Micah Anthony Pruitt was shot and killed on the evening of October 16, 2024, after being brought by ambulance to TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Madison, Tennessee. Pruitt, a Black/African American student at Portland High School who was born December 4, 2005, was in a Toyota Camry that arrived at the hospital just after 6 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds. A 20-year-old companion in the vehicle survived with non-life-threatening injuries and was released.

Investigators described the incident as stemming from a narcotics transaction that turned violent. The next day, a 16-year-old, Brayan Sandoval-Ortuno, went to police and admitted to firing at Pruitt during the drug deal; he was arrested and charged in Juvenile Court with criminal homicide and aggravated assault. Anyone who knew Micah or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.