Jascent-Jamal Lee Warren was 26 when he was shot and killed on August 30, 2015, in the 300 block of Ocean Front Walk in Venice. Officers responded to shots fired and found Warren and another man who had been shot; Warren was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:35 a.m., while the other victim, a man in his 40s, was taken to hospital in stable condition. Reports say the shooting followed a dispute that escalated when someone produced a gun and fired at the victims.

An arrest followed: 54-year-old beachfront hotel owner Sris Sinnathamby was charged with one count of murder. Prosecutors alleged he aided, abetted, and directed the shooting even if he did not pull the trigger; Sinnathamby pleaded not guilty and bail was set at $1 million. Witnesses said the confrontation began when Sinnathamby shouted at a homeless man and that Warren, nicknamed Shakespeare, tried to intervene. A security guard, Francisco Guzman, was accused of being the shooter.

A judge later dropped the charges against Sinnathamby for insufficient evidence linking him directly to the shooting, and Guzman was ordered to stand trial on murder, attempted murder, and weapons charges. What information about that night might help clarify what happened to Warren?