Andre Piazza was 18 when he was shot and killed on February 15, 2019, in Bay Point. The killing occurred during an illicit gun transaction arranged between Piazza and two men, Donald Jeter and Ramon Brown. Piazza had tried to buy a firearm from Jeter; prosecutors say Jeter and Brown lured him to a parking lot, robbed him and shot him, leaving him to die at the scene.

Prosecutors relied on cellphone records and Instagram messages that showed Piazza’s attempts to buy a gun from Jeter. A friend of Piazza initially did not identify Jeter as the shooter but later changed his statement; a relative of Piazza secretly recorded that friend, and the recording was used to provide details tying Jeter to the shooting. Jeter was tried on murder charges; after a hung jury he pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and received an 11-year term. He is also serving a 20-year term for an unrelated robbery of a news crew. Ramon Brown was also charged in connection with Piazza’s death.

What information might help clarify the events that night for anyone who knew Andre or saw him in Bay Point on February 15, 2019?