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On the evening of April 3, 2016, 39-year-old Jake Brantner was shot and killed in a parking lot in eastern Kansas City, Missouri, around 8:30 p.m. The shooting took place in a busy shopping center near Kauffman Stadium as fans were heading to a Kansas City Royals game. Brantner had arranged an online meeting to sell a handgun; his 10-year-old daughter was in his car and witnessed the shooting.

Prosecutors say the prospective buyer tried to steal the handgun, a struggle followed, and both men produced firearms and exchanged shots. Brantner was struck and died; the shooter was wounded and fled. The investigation resulted in the arrest of 19-year-old Fazon K. Swinton, who was convicted by a Jackson County jury of second-degree murder, attempted robbery, armed criminal action, and leaving the scene of a crime, with a recommended total of 32 years in prison. A woman named Rahnesha A. Carson, then 22, was also charged in connection with the incident as an alleged accessory and for hindering prosecution, leaving the scene, and tampering with evidence.

Are there witnesses who were at the shopping center that evening or anyone who knew Brantner or the people involved?