On a September afternoon in 2016, 46-year-old Walter Bryan, a Black or African American man, was shot and killed on Pleasant Street in Annapolis, Maryland. The death was the city’s ninth homicide of the year. Bryan was found to have a high blood alcohol level and PCP in his system.

The confrontation began as a heated argument between Bryan and 24-year-old Antiwan Brown. Witnesses and prosecutors agreed Brown did not start the encounter and at one point tried to walk away. According to accounts, Bryan pursued Brown, threatened to assault him and to take his gun, and Brown fired several warning shots; one struck Bryan in the stomach. Bryan was taken to a hospital where he later died.

Brown was arrested and initially charged with first- and second-degree murder; charges were later amended. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and a firearms offense and in August 2018 was sentenced to 20 years in prison. At the time of his arrest, Brown was wanted on a probation violation for failing to complete an anger management course.

Did anyone in Annapolis witness what happened on Pleasant Street that afternoon or have additional details about Bryan’s last hours?