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Barkete Shita was a 26-year-old engineering student at Fresno State University who was killed on September 29, 2016, in Fresno, California. Originally from Ethiopia, he had moved to the United States with his family. On the day he died Shita was involved in a confrontation at a gas station on Blackstone Avenue. After attempting to drive away he was pursued and managed to reach a nearby Jiffy Lube, where he was fatally shot. Authorities initially thought he had died in a car crash, but a later inspection showed he had been shot and opened a homicide investigation.

Two suspects, Devon Fisher and Kenneth Lee, were arrested and charged in connection with Shita’s death; Fisher was 16 at the time of the incident and Lee was 20. The case drew strong local attention and Shita’s family spoke about the profound impact of his death. What information do readers have about that gas station confrontation or the moments afterward?