Lavoris Williams, 33, a Black man from Memphis, Tennessee, was killed late on Wednesday night, November 29, 2017, in a burst of gunfire that drew police to the Parkway Village area near the 4800 block of Teal Avenue. Investigators described it as a deadly shooting, unfolding around 10:00 p.m., leaving him mortally wounded at the scene while neighbors and first responders tried to make sense of what had just happened.
Public case listings place the incident location at 4885 Teal Ave in Memphis and identify the investigating agency as the Memphis Police Department. In those records, the case is categorized as a murder, with the suspect field left blank and the status marked unsolved—an official shorthand that suggests detectives had not, at least publicly, connected the killing to an identified perpetrator.
In the days after the shooting, reporting indicated police were looking for the gunman or gunmen responsible, but no names were released and no clear motive was publicly laid out. What remains in the public record is a small, stark outline: a life ended on a residential street, a homicide investigation opened, and a search for answers that did not immediately lead to an arrest announcement.
As reflected in these publicly available listings, there were no arrests or charged suspects associated with his death at the time the case information was published. Anyone with information has been directed to contact the Memphis Police Department at 545-2677, a reminder that the case—despite the time that has passed—still depends on witnesses, tips, and the hope that someone knows what happened on Teal Avenue that night.
