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Jayton Raymond Knowles, 44, was shot in the chest during an altercation in the parking lot of a Motel 6 off Interstate 95 in Vero Beach, Florida, on April 2, 2018. After being shot he was able to stumble into a nearby IHOP, where he identified his shooter, and he died about two hours later at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute in Fort Pierce.

Authorities say the confrontation involved two men, Jordan Dawkins and Montrell Rolle, who went to the motel that morning to confront Knowles and recover money allegedly taken two days earlier. Surveillance footage later showed Rolle firing the shots while Dawkins engaged physically with Knowles; both fled the scene. Dawkins and Rolle were charged with first-degree murder with a firearm, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, and conspiracy to commit robbery. Dawkins was convicted of first-degree felony murder, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon resulting in death, and conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon, and received a life sentence.

Does anyone have information about Knowles’ movements in Vero Beach in the days before April 2, 2018, or recall seeing activity around the Motel 6 that morning?