Delaney Simmons, 38, was shot and killed in Baltimore in the early hours of August 20, 2022. Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 12:39 a.m. in the 500 block of Bentalou Street and found Simmons in an alley near the 2300 block of Ashton Street with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a trauma center and pronounced dead.

Investigators arrested 26-year-old Kamar Williams in connection with the shooting. At the time, Williams was working as a bouncer at his grandmother’s bar near where Simmons was found. The defense says an altercation inside the bar led to Simmons being ejected, that Simmons threatened to return with a handgun, and that Williams shot Simmons after Simmons returned armed, claiming self-defense. Williams was charged with murder and the case was set for trial in July of the following year.

Are there witnesses who were at the bar that night or anyone with information about what happened just before Simmons was shot?