Vontay Eugene Silas, a 26-year-old African American man, was shot and killed in Leesburg, Florida, on November 11, 2017, at about 12:17 a.m. Officers found him lying unresponsive in the middle of the intersection of Washington Street and East Street; he had been shot four times and was pronounced dead at Leesburg Regional Medical Center.

Investigators say the shooting grew out of a financial dispute. An eyewitness familiar with both men identified the suspect as 29-year-old Steven A. Hammonds. The witness reported Hammonds arrived in a family van, confronted Silas about money he claimed was owed, and — when Silas denied owing anything — produced a black semi-automatic handgun and shot Silas four times. Hammonds, who has ten prior felony convictions, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and held without bail at the Lake County Jail.

The arrest was described by police as bringing some level of closure to Silas’s family. What additional details about the confrontation or the relationship between the two men are missing from public reports?