On July 19, 2020, 28-year-old Jayvon Tyree McCray was shot and killed after a dispute at a gas station near East 85th Street and Woodland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The confrontation began when McCray and his girlfriend went to buy beer and a man later identified as 40-year-old Isaac Knighten reportedly gave McCray a strange look, which led to a verbal altercation that escalated inside the store and then outside at the pumps. Surveillance footage captured the fatal exchange in the parking lot.

Investigators say Knighten struck McCray with his left hand while holding a firearm in his right, then fired multiple rounds. Police reported the video shows McCray did not have a gun in his hand when shots were fired. Knighten fled with his wife and a 3-year-old; his other children, who were present and under 13, ran to a relative’s home. Knighten was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, endangering the welfare of a child, and two counts of armed criminal action. Knighten told police he had never seen McCray before and described the encounter as a chance meeting that escalated from a misunderstanding.

Does anyone have information about what led to the argument that afternoon or who witnessed the moments before the shooting?