A verbal dispute outside a Waffle House in Columbia, Missouri, on March 14, 2021, ended with the fatal shooting of 51-year-old Reginald Ball. Witnesses reported Ball and another man, later identified as 52-year-old Leo Barry Robinson Jr., were engaged in a heated argument and that Ball was heard telling Robinson to take his hand out of his pocket. Authorities say Robinson then got into his vehicle and allegedly fired a gun, striking Ball three times at close range. Emergency personnel pronounced Ball dead at the scene.

The Columbia Police Department investigated and arrested Leo Barry Robinson Jr. He was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a firearm; he pleaded not guilty and the case was set for trial. Was anyone in the area that night who saw the argument or the vehicle involved?