Jason Johnson, 40, was shot during a street confrontation on Broadway near Bennett Street in Buffalo on July 20, 2021, around 1:00 p.m. After being wounded he attempted to drive away but crashed nearby and was taken to Erie County Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.

Buffalo Police Homicide investigators identified an off-duty Buffalo firefighter, Blake M. Banks, 24 at the time, as the person who shot Johnson. Banks was arrested and indicted on Murder in the Second Degree. Legal filings later show he pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree and was sentenced on June 23, 2022, to 23 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision.

Are there witnesses or community members who remember the confrontation on Broadway that afternoon and can add details about what happened leading up to the shooting?