Desmin Diggs, 42 and known as Energy, was fatally shot in Rochester, New York, in the early hours of March 21, 2022. The shooting occurred shortly after midnight in a parking lot on East Ridge Road just west of North Clinton Avenue; emergency personnel found him deceased at the scene.

Authorities identified 46-year-old Shawn Appleberry of Rochester as the person who shot Diggs. The two reportedly had no prior relationship and were involved in a verbal dispute that escalated to gunfire. Appleberry was arrested soon after and was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

What details about the argument or its lead-up might help explain how two strangers reached such a deadly outcome?