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On the night of May 19, 2016, 17-year-old Andrel Dolphin Jr., a student at Cape Girardeau Central High School, was shot during a confrontation near the 1200 block of North Missouri Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The shooting followed an attempted transaction at an apartment complex that escalated into an argument. As one man fled the apartment with a group pursuing him, Jonas Phillips, then 27 and waiting outside, opened fire from a vehicle, striking Dolphin and wounding another person.

Police identified Phillips as the primary suspect and arrested him two days later, on May 21, 2016, in Mississippi County. He was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and armed criminal action; a jury found him guilty on all counts and the Missouri Court of Appeals later upheld the conviction. The case record describes Phillips firing the fatal shots into the group pursuing his associate.

Did anyone who knew Andrel or was in that area that night see events unfold or have information that could add detail to what happened?