Randy Maupin, a 51-year-old Black man, was shot on March 18, 2017, outside his home in the J.C. Napier Housing Development along Lewis Street in South Nashville. As evening settled over the neighborhood, what should have been an ordinary Saturday night instead became the last chapter of his life, ending after he was rushed for emergency care and later died.
Investigators said the shooting unfolded around 7:00 p.m.
after an argument between Maupin and Cortney Jenkins escalated suddenly into violence. Family members later told reporters the dispute started as a debate over a pair of shoes, the kind of petty spark that can flare in an instant—but this time it ended with gunfire. Witnesses reported that Maupin was shot multiple times outside the residence, and he was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he succumbed to his wounds.
In the immediate aftermath, detectives moved quickly, relying on accounts from people who had seen the confrontation and identified Jenkins as the shooter. Police sought Jenkins in the days after the killing, and the search ended early the following week when he was arrested overnight and booked into the Davidson County Jail around 2:00 a.m.
Authorities said Jenkins was charged with criminal homicide in connection with Maupin’s death, formalizing him as the suspect at the center of the case. The public reporting available from the time focused on the argument that led to the shooting, the witness identifications, and the arrest and charge that followed.
In the days after he was lost, Maupin’s name moved from police statements and breaking-news updates into funeral notices as loved ones prepared to say goodbye. A death notice published in The Tennessean recorded that he died on March 18, 2017, and listed arrangements through Terrell Broady Funeral Home in Nashville, marking the quiet, human aftermath behind the headlines.
