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Jeffrey Scott was an 18-year-old Vanguard High School senior from Ocala who died after a shooting on December 12, 2017. Police responded to multiple calls about shots fired at about 9:11 p.m. in the 2200 block of Northwest First Avenue and found Jeffrey and another young man, Marcus Cooper, lying by two separate cars. Both were taken to a local hospital; Jeffrey later died and Marcus Cooper was in critical condition. The death was ruled a homicide.

Police say the shooting followed a confrontation after a Vanguard High School basketball game. A fight occurred earlier that night and one person was beaten; friends of that person, including Jeffrey, went looking for him. Investigators interviewed witnesses and examined vehicles, and at one point reports indicated the person accused of shooting Jeffrey had not been charged because officers believed Jeffrey was holding that person at gunpoint when he was fatally shot.

Does anyone who attended that game or was in the area that night have information that could help clarify what happened?