26-year-old Dairon Howze was involved in a domestic altercation with his ex-girlfriend, Rickkeair Taylor, at her Clarksville Heights apartment on March 5th, 2020. When officers arrived and made contact with Taylor, she stated that Howze had come over and started an argument with her. Taylor told officers that during the argument, Howze put his hands around her neck and started strangling her for a few seconds. Following this, Taylor told her friends, McKaelyn Murphy and Baiylea Gold, who were in the apartment during the altercation, and they confronted Howze. After arguing with Taylor’s friends for several minutes, Howze left. Taylor then informed officers that she and Howze had a history of domestic abuse. However, she added that she had never reported it to law enforcement. When officers spoke to Howze, he admitted that he had gotten into an argument with her but stated that all he did was grab her by her arms.