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Gerald Petit, 45, was shot and killed near Zion Hill Baptist Church on Columbia Street in Orlando on November 4, 2019. A church camera recorded him collapsing after being shot. Family and friends gathered at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church to mourn and express disbelief at the violence.

Police later arrested 39-year-old Christopher James Henson II and charged him with second-degree murder with a firearm; he was held in the Orange County Jail. It was not clear whether Petit and Henson knew each other or what motivated the shooting. The community rallied around Petit's family and renewed calls to address gun violence while many questions about motive and circumstances remained unanswered.

If anyone has information about Gerald Petit, the shooting scene, or what led up to that night, please share what is known.