At around 1:30am on Sunday, January 6th, 2013, Donteze Howse and his friends were outside Johnny’s Tavern at 5307 Centennial Blvd. talking in the parking lot before they left when two masked men in dark clothing approached the group with guns. The group began to scatter and the men fired, striking three from the group. Donteze Howse was struck multiple times and would succumb to his injuries. The other two men who were shot were not critically injured and survived their wounds. Donteze Howse was 18 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Donteze Howse, please contact the Cold Case Homicide Unit at MNPDColdCase@nashville.gov
You can also call the Nashville Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Division anonymously at 615-742-7463
We feel it is important to put a face to the name. If you have a photograph you would like to submit to be posted (as an addition or substitution) please email: MNPDColdCase@nashville.gov