Jermaine Ivory, a 42-year-old Black man, was killed on the evening of December 13, 2016, in Nashville, Tennessee. He was outside his home in the 1900 block of 14th Avenue North, helping another man hang Christmas lights, when gunfire erupted. Ivory was shot and later pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators believe he may have exchanged gunfire with as many as four individuals.
The investigation into the shooting, which authorities believed was motivated by robbery, quickly led to a
suspect. The day after the shooting, police arrested 19-year-old Marcellus Eddings and charged him with criminal homicide. A second individual, a juvenile, was dropped off at a local hospital with gunshot wounds shortly after the incident in an SUV that matched the description of the vehicle that fled the scene. A bystander, a 60-year-old man sitting on his porch nearby, was also struck by gunfire but was in stable condition.
For several years, the case continued to develop. In June 2019, a second suspect, Stephon Tucker, who was 22 at the time, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. His arrest came after a grand jury indictment. The case also included a concerning event involving Ivory's daughter, who reported that a 'shadowy figure' had fired shots at her car, which was later found engulfed in flames. Police investigated a possible connection between this incident and her father's murder.
In February 2024, Stephon Tucker pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of facilitation of first-degree murder. The original charge of first-degree murder was dismissed. He was sentenced to 15 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. Information regarding the final legal outcome for Marcellus Eddings' criminal homicide charge was not available in the provided online sources.
