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Tennessee's governor, Bill Haslam, mourned the loss of a \"wonderful friend\" to his wife and a \"great advocate for Memphis.\"

Our hearts are broken with the news of the loss of Phil Trenary. Phil has been a wonderful friend to Crissy and me and a great advocate for Memphis. Our hearts go out to his family and his associates and the Memphis community.

— Gov. Bill Haslam (@BillHaslam) September 28, 2018

Trenary, 64, and an Oklahoma native, was lauded for his community work in his adopted city. He came to Memphis in 1997 to run a regional airline that morphed into Pinnacle, a $1 billion, 7,700-employee regional airline operator. He left the company in 2011, two years after which it became Endeavour Air.

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PHOTO: Leftover police tape lays along the sidewalk of South Front Street where Phil Trenary, head of the Greater Memphis Chamber, was killed in a shooting in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 28, 2018.
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\"News of his passing is shocking and tremendously difficult to comprehend,\" the airline wrote in a statement. \"Phil remained a steadfast advocate for the Memphis community and was a well-regarded executive and civic leader across Western Tennessee.\"

The entire @EndeavorAir Family mourns the loss of Phil Trenary. News of his passing is shocking and difficult to comprehend. We are holding his family in our thoughts and prayers. #IFlyEDV pic.twitter.com/ALUZ5FPuNm

— Endeavor Air (@EndeavorAir) September 28, 2018

Trenary was named president and CEO of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce in 2014 and guided the launch of the chamber’s Chairman’s Circle, a group of more than 100 business leaders working to bolster the Memphis region.

Memphis police described the suspect in the attack as black, wearing a blue shirt, sporting dreadlocks and traveling in a white pickup truck with an extended cab and antenna.

\"If anyone has any information pertaining to this incident, they are urged to call Crime Stoppers at 901901-528-CASH,\" Lt. Karen Rudolph said.

The victim has been pronounced deceased at ROH. The suspect responsible is described as a male Black with dreadlocks wearing a blue shirt who was in a white 4-dr F150. https://t.co/ofJsAZMLuu

— Memphis Police Dept (@MEM_PoliceDept) September 28, 2018

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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