On May 21, 2014, Leon Davis, 27, was shot and killed in the parking lot of a strip mall at 13101 New Halls Ferry Road in Florissant, Missouri. He was seated in a car with 17-year-old Darrah Lane when a third occupant in the rear seat pulled a firearm during an argument and fired, striking both Davis and Lane. Officers arrived about 5:12 p.m.; both victims were found with fatal gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooting was tied to a dispute during a marijuana transaction. The shooter, identified as 21-year-old Thomas Oates III, fled but was soon located in nearby Jennings and taken into custody. At trial in St. Louis County the jury found Oates guilty of felony murder and armed criminal action; he was sentenced to terms that include 10 years for Davis s death, to run concurrently with other counts.

Did anyone in the area witness the confrontation or know why that meeting was arranged in the strip mall parking lot?