A funeral in St. Louis turned deadly on August 8, 2016, when a dispute over custody of the deceased’s young daughter in the Reliable Funeral Home parking lot escalated into gunfire. Thirty-nine-year-old George Calmese Jr. intervened to mediate the argument and was fatally shot. His teenage son was also wounded but not fatally.

Two men, 32-year-old Van Marcus Batts and 26-year-old Torrian Wallace, were identified as suspects and arrested on charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. In November 2016 a grand jury declined to indict Batts and Wallace after witness testimony that Calmese had allegedly fired a weapon first, and the charges were dropped.

Who knew George Calmese Jr. or was at that funeral and can shed light on what happened in the parking lot?