Desmond Rattary, 24, of Riviera Beach, was shot and killed in West Palm Beach on August 11, 2020. Police responded around 8:30 p.m. to a ShotSpotter activation on the north end of the city and found Rattary with fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the shooting occurred during a parking-lot transaction for Percocet pills near Broadway and 46th Street. Rattary had been giving a friend a ride, stopped to meet Shaquille Parkinson, 25, and briefly went back to his own car for money before returning to Parkinson’s vehicle. An altercation followed, Rattary tried to get out, shots were fired, and witnesses saw him attempting to walk back to his car. Officers recovered six shots detected by ShotSpotter, a 9mm handgun registered to Parkinson, a revolver, and a small bag with 15 hydrocodone pills.

Nearly a year later, Parkinson was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and conspiracy to sell or deliver a scheduled narcotic; he was held without bail at the Palm Beach County Jail. Does anyone have information about the transaction that led to the killing or saw activity near Broadway and 46th Street that night?