In the late hours of a summer Friday in Memphis, the lives of two young men were tragically cut short. On August 14, 2020, 21-year-old Quinterius Simmons, a male, was with Darrin Wilson Jr., also 21, sitting in a Mercedes on Falcon Drive in the Westwood neighborhood. The night was shattered by the sound of gunfire, and when the chaos subsided, both men had been struck.
Emergency services arrived to a grim scene.
One of the young men was pronounced dead at the scene, his life extinguished in an instant. The other, clinging to life, was rushed to a nearby hospital, but his injuries proved too severe, and he too succumbed to the violence that had befallen them. The Memphis Police Department began an investigation into the double homicide, a grim task that would soon grow cold.
Witnesses reported seeing two individuals fleeing the scene on foot shortly after the shots were fired, but their identities remained a mystery. In the days and weeks that followed, investigators worked to piece together the events of that fatal night, but information was scarce. The case eventually moved to the Memphis Cold Case unit, a repository for the city's most challenging unsolved murders.
To this day, the murder of Quinterius Simmons and Darrin Wilson Jr. remains unsolved. No arrests have been made, and no suspects have been publicly identified. The motive for the shooting is also unknown, leaving a grieving community and two families with unanswered questions. Authorities continue to ask for the public's help, hoping that someone will come forward with the information needed to bring justice for the two young lives lost on that tragic night in Westwood.
