On the afternoon of Memorial Day, May 30, 2016, Wesley Hughes, 24, was shot and killed in the busy parking lot of the Schnucks supermarket in the 1500 block of Sierra Vista Plaza in Spanish Lake, St. Louis County. The meeting in broad daylight around 12:45 p.m. had been arranged for a narcotics transaction; investigators say Hughes met an acquaintance to buy marijuana. Witnesses and police describe the exchange turning confrontational after the buyer allegedly took possession of the drugs and refused to pay, leading to a physical struggle. During the fight the other man produced a firearm and shot Hughes. He was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries. The shooter fled the scene but was located and arrested hours later; the suspect, 22-year-old Jamal Clay, was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action and held on a $500,000 cash-only bond.

Does anyone who was in the area that day or who knew Wesley or the people involved have information that could add detail to what happened that afternoon?