Joel Phillips, 22, was found dead in the driver’s seat of his car on the evening of August 20, 2020, in the McDonald’s parking lot on Hampton Avenue in the Clayton-Tamm neighborhood of St. Louis. Police said he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators linked the killing to a drug deal dispute. Two days earlier Phillips had arranged to buy fentanyl from a man named Cevone Weeden, then robbed Weeden and blocked his number. Weeden allegedly arranged a second meeting by having another person contact Phillips. Weeden and a co-defendant, Herschell Perkins, waited at the McDonald’s; Weeden reportedly approached Phillips’ vehicle and fired at least 12 shots while Perkins drove him to and from the scene. Phillips’ car contained $1,814, a firearm, a phone, and 156 capsules that included the stolen fentanyl.

Both men later pleaded guilty to charges related to Phillips’ death; Weeden faced counts including possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in death and was sentenced to 25 years, and Perkins pleaded to aiding and abetting the firearm charge and received 15 years.

Did anyone in the Clayton-Tamm area see activity in that McDonald’s parking lot on August 20, 2020, that might add detail to the timeline?