In Syracuse, New York, Darnell Peterson, 22, was shot and killed on Park Avenue on November 11, 2014. The fatal shooting followed an earlier October confrontation at a gathering where Peterson had been shot in the leg. That October shooting was attributed to Damien Tripp and left Peterson wounded.

Tripp was arrested and charged in connection with the November killing. At trial the jury acquitted Tripp of murder but convicted him for the October incident, finding him guilty of assault and criminal possession of a weapon for the shooting that wounded Peterson. The relationship between the two shootings and the motive for the November attack remain central facts in the case.

Did anyone in Syracuse at the time witness either the October confrontation or events on Park Avenue the night Peterson was killed?