On the evening of December 12, 2019, 19-year-old Timothy Simmons was fatally shot in a parking lot in Moline Acres, St. Louis County. A car pulled up behind the vehicle Simmons was in, waited about 20 minutes, then pulled alongside and opened fire. Simmons died at the scene; two others in his vehicle were seriously injured, and a person in a nearby car was also seriously wounded.

St. Louis County police identified Anthony Tate Jr. as the suspect. Surveillance video placed him at a nearby gas station four minutes after the shooting, and investigators connected him to the vehicle used in the attack. Officers recovered a firearm from Tate that matched ballistics from the scene, and he was arrested and charged in connection with the ambush, including first-degree murder for the death of Timothy Simmons and multiple assault and weapons counts.

What information do readers have about Timothy’s life or the events that night that could help fill gaps in the timeline?