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On the evening of July 13, 2020, 20-year-old Arie Bagsby was shot and killed in St. Louis, Missouri, alongside his longtime friend Omar Harris, 21. Both men were found inside a car that had been riddled with bullets in front of a church near North Grand and Lindell Boulevards, in the vicinity of Saint Louis University. Witnesses reported hearing 15 to 25 gunshots; a nearby former Missouri governor and a former St. Louis fire captain went to the scene to render aid.

Friends and family described Bagsby as a good kid, a full-time college student who worked for DoorDash. Investigators concluded the shooting was a tragic case of mistaken identity connected to gang violence; federal court documents say members of the Cochran Crips sought retaliation against a rival gang and misidentified Bagsby and Harris as targets. In August 2021 an arrest was announced, and in April 2024 Deshaun Dashaun Ewing pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and received a 20-year sentence. Travis Santel Jones was later identified in federal filings as allegedly involved and was indicted on charges including murder in aid of racketeering.

Did anyone who knew Arie or Omar notice anything unusual in the days before July 13, 2020?