In the early morning hours of June 22, 2007, Brian Comploier of Crofton was shot and killed in the parking lot of a tavern on Crain Highway in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The shooter was a security officer working at the establishment, who admitted firing but claimed he acted in self-defense or to defend others. Reports say the circumstances leading up to the shooting were heavily disputed.

An investigation led to the security guard’s arrest in Florida on December 31, 2007, and he was brought back to Maryland for trial. The jury trial ran January 5–8, 2009. The prosecution called ten witnesses, including bystanders, forensic and medical experts, and responding officers, arguing the evidence did not support self-defense; the defense argued the shooting was justified. An autopsy found Comploier died of gunshot wounds to the head, neck, back, and arm. Two vials totaling 2.15 grams of PCP were found in his pocket but that evidence was excluded from the trial.

Does anyone have information about the events in that parking lot that morning or about witnesses who were there?