Jacob Coates, 37, was shot and killed on July 29, 2020, in the 3800 block of Potee Street in Baltimore following a dispute. Police found him with a fatal gunshot wound when they arrived about 9:33 p.m. A medical examiner later testified that the single gunshot to the chest was fired at very close range, noting gunpowder stippling around the wound.

Coates and his wife, who were homeless at the time, had gone earlier that day to an apartment complex to retrieve her forgotten cell phone. They were approached by three men after she gave Coates $20 to buy drugs from them. The wife testified she was sent to act as a lookout, then watched two men hold her husband while the third shot him; the shooter then allegedly threatened her with the gun. Detectives tied the weapon to the case after a plain-clothed officer encountered Vincent Harris shortly after the shooting and saw a handgun in Harris’s waistband; DNA testing matched Coates’s blood to the gun’s trigger and handle.

Baltimore police arrested three men. Vincent Harris, then 22, was charged with first-degree murder and handgun violations. Marlow Moore, 22, and Daiquan Anderson, 19, were charged with first-degree assault. One defendant accepted a plea and received a prison term with part suspended and probation; another remained scheduled for trial. Did anyone in the neighborhood see or hear anything that night that could add detail to what happened?