Rev. Dr. Autura Eason-Williams, pastor of Capleville United Methodist Church, a Memphis Theological Seminary alumna, and sometimes adjunct faculty member at MTS, was ordered from her vehicle, a Chevrolet Malibu, and shot three times in an apparent carjacking at her home in Whitehaven, a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 18, 2022. The incident was captured by video surveillance. Two 15-year-olds, Miguel Andrade and Brayan Carillo, and 20-year-old Eduard Rodriguez Tabora have been charged with first-degree murder. The teens will be tried as adults. A third unnamed teen has been charged with theft of property in the incident. Eason-Williams was also the district superintendent of the Metro District in the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Annual United Methodist Conference.