On the morning of March 8, 2022, Michael Kelly, a 72-year-old landlord who owned multiple properties in Hyde Park, St. Louis, arrived at his real estate office in the 3900 block of North 25th Street and sat in the driver’s seat of his pickup. Surveillance footage later recovered shows a gunman approach the vehicle carrying a rifle and fire nearly thirty rounds into the cab. Kelly was struck multiple times, lost control of the truck, and it crashed into the front of his own office; he had died at the scene by the time first responders arrived.

Investigators traced a gray Nissan Sentra seen following Kelly’s truck to a rental registered to Deseray Rabb and uncovered a landlord-tenant dispute: Rabb had stopped paying rent and refused a court-ordered eviction from a North 22nd Street residence. Police identified the shooter as James Cody Jr., who was arrested about a week later at a motel in St. Louis County where he was staying with Rabb and their children; he admitted to firing at the truck and led officers to the weapon and clothing from the shooting. Rabb was arrested and charged for an alleged role as the getaway driver.

Was anyone in Hyde Park that morning able to help place the gray Nissan Sentra before the attack?