Andrew Briseno, 21, of Bakersfield, California, died after being shot in San Diego on November 6, 2020. He and a friend, Erik Sandoval, 21, had driven from Central California to the City Heights neighborhood to meet Matatoa Samoata, 20, for a marijuana transaction.

Briseno was critically injured and died three days later. Sandoval survived gunshot wounds to his head, leg, and foot. Samoata fled to a nearby home and surrendered after an approximately four-hour standoff; he was arrested and charged, with charges amended to include murder after Briseno’s death. The trial record shows a conviction for murder in Briseno’s death and attempted voluntary manslaughter for the injuries to Sandoval, with a sentence of 60 years to life handed down in April 2022.

What details about the meeting or the hours before the shooting might someone with information still be able to add to help clarify exactly what happened?