Reginald Edwin Straughter, a 24-year-old African American man from Hobe Sound, Florida, was shot on February 28, 2016, at the intersection of Southeast Florida Avenue and Southeast Anthion Way. Court documents state Straughter was standing on the corner when 24-year-old Markee Deshawn Felton approached and began shooting. Straughter tried to flee and was shot in the leg from behind; he was taken to Martin Hospital South for treatment.

Felton, who has a history of felony convictions, was arrested on March 16, 2016, and charged with attempted felony murder with a weapon and possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon. According to what he told Straughter’s mother, Mashalum Witherspoon, Felton apologized and said the shooting was a mistake, claiming he and another man had planned to rob someone else after a craps game that day.

Two days after the shooting, 58-year-old Gregory Howard — who had also apologized to Witherspoon for involvement in the incident — was found dead along Southeast Dixie Highway with at least one gunshot wound. Howard’s death was under investigation and its connection to the shooting remained unclear. Does anyone have information about the events that night or Howard’s death?