On September 10, 2015, 18-year-old Cepeda Jackson Jr., known as CJ, was fatally shot near the Hot Spot market at 24th Street and Brighton Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Witnesses heard a rapid series of six to eight gunshots in an alley beside the store. Severely wounded, Jackson ran into the grocery seeking help but collapsed inside; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Detectives canvassed the area and reviewed the store’s surveillance footage. The next day 18-year-old Jaire M. Fortune-Rhodes voluntarily came to police and, after being shown still images from the video, admitted to shooting Jackson. He was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action; prosecutors sought a cash-only bond of $500,000 based on the evidence and statements.

Were there witnesses or neighbors in that block who saw anything in the alley that morning or remember the comings and goings near the Hot Spot market?