On the night of November 28, 2014, 19-year-old Kyle Hill was shot in the 4000 block of Peck Street in north St. Louis and later died at a hospital. Officers were called shortly after 11:15 p.m. after reports of gunfire. Hill had multiple gunshot wounds and did not survive; a 20-year-old companion was also shot in the flank and thigh but survived.

The shooting followed an earlier altercation near a nightclub on the 3500 block of Kossuth Avenue. Hill and his friend had been denied entry to a bar there and reportedly got into a verbal dispute with another man. As the two walked back to their vehicle the assailant is said to have approached from behind and opened fire.

Police identified 27-year-old Tarron Anderson as the suspect. Prosecutors charged Anderson with first-degree murder in Hill’s death, two counts of first-degree assault for the surviving victim, and three counts of armed criminal action; he was held without bond. Did anyone in the community witness the dispute outside the club or the men leaving for their car that night?