Bobby Brown, 44, was shot and killed on April 2, 2021, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of San Diego while working on his car outside an apartment building. He was found shot just south of the 47th Street trolley station around 7 p.m. and pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

The shooter was identified as 36-year-old Davione Antoine Whitaker, who witnesses and police said was heavily intoxicated and carrying an unserialized ghost gun. Witnesses led officers to a man hiding in a nearby backyard, and Whitaker was arrested. Investigators said the two were strangers and that the motive remained unclear; Whitaker later claimed Brown lunged at him, an assertion the defense described as self-defense.

Brown’s family described him as a grandfather, father and uncle, and his death highlighted concerns about gun violence and the dangers of unserialized firearms. Did anyone in Lincoln Park see what happened that night or know more about either man’s movements before 7 p.m. on April 2, 2021?