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On the night of September 24, 2017, 40-year-old Taris Nickolas was shot and killed in the Steele Drive neighborhood of Tallahassee, a residential area managed by the Tallahassee Housing Authority. The shooting occurred about 10:30 p.m. Neighbors described a chaotic scene; a witness, Daisey Gentle, said she found Nickolas unresponsive and tried to comfort him until emergency responders arrived. He was taken to a hospital and died of his wounds, recorded as the city’s 16th homicide that year.

Investigators report the confrontation began when 24-year-old Calvin Holiday arrived upset about the mother of his children and her new boyfriend, Lee Claridy. Nickolas and his wife had been visiting their nephew, Claridy, at the time. Holiday confronted Claridy, shots were fired, and both Claridy and Nickolas were struck; Holiday also fired toward a nearby vehicle carrying his children. Holiday was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting, and the case moved to trial.

Did anyone in the Steele Drive area at the time see more of what happened that night or remember the vehicles or people involved?