Deonte Jaquan Gainwell, 20, was found dead in Columbia, Missouri, in the early morning hours of January 17, 2019. Authorities classified his death as an apparent homicide and the Columbia Police Department opened an investigation.

Gainwell had been at the center of community attention after the November 24, 2018, shooting of Ahmonta Harris, who was killed inside Gainwell’s residence. Gainwell said Harris had broken in armed and that he shot Harris in self-defense; that claim later formed part of a prosecutor’s review. In the weeks after the November shooting the situation grew tense—gunfire erupted at Harris’s funeral and an 18-year-old was charged with unlawful use of a weapon.

After Gainwell’s death the Boone County Prosecutor released a review concluding Gainwell had acted lawfully in self-defense in the November incident and would not have faced charges had he lived. Investigators said they were exploring whether Gainwell’s killing was connected to Harris’s death or retaliation, but no suspect had been publicly identified in Gainwell’s homicide at the time of the reports.

Did anyone in Columbia have information about Gainwell’s movements or contacts in the weeks before January 17, 2019?