Bobby Eugene Willis III, a 30-year-old African American man, was killed on July 16, 2016, at the Friend’s Mart convenience store at 518 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Daytona Beach, Florida. Willis held a concealed weapons license and was carrying a 9 mm pistol when an argument inside the store with 34-year-old Ricky Kelly escalated. Kelly waited outside, then shot Willis as he exited, striking him once in the chest and twice in the leg.

Willis returned fire after being critically wounded. The exchange of gunfire totaled 21 shots. Kelly was shot twice, in the abdomen and the penis, and survived after seeking treatment at Halifax Health Medical Center. Kelly was later arrested and charged with first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Prosecutors presented surveillance footage and recovered firearms as evidence during the trial.

The case drew attention in Daytona Beach because of the lethal outcome and the number of shots fired. Does anyone have additional observations about the surveillance evidence or the sequence of events that led to the shooting?