On the night of September 14, 2019, 19-year-old Equan Spain was fatally shot while a passenger in a vehicle in Columbia, Missouri. Spain was in the car with two other men, 28-year-old Michael L. Anderson and Aaron Harris, and the group was reportedly preparing for a confrontation with occupants of another vehicle when a single gunshot fired from inside the car struck Spain and proved mortal.

Investigators identified Anderson as the person who fired the shot. Both Anderson and the driver, Harris, were arrested; Anderson was charged with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and armed criminal action, while Harris faced second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon. Anderson died in custody at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking in February 2020; an autopsy was scheduled. Harris later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and in May 2021 was sentenced to ten years, the maximum for that charge, with the judge citing Harris’s prior record and describing the shooting as retaliatory.

Does anyone have information about the events that led to the confrontation that night or knew Equan Spain?