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Carrie Stuart Leaphart, 36, was shot on July 15, 2015, in Lorida, Florida, after an altercation involving a stalled pickup truck and a golf cart. She was a passenger in the golf cart driven by Shawn Zeigler when Virgil Lee West, driving the pickup, exchanged hostile gestures with the pair. Zeigler was pronounced dead at the scene and Leaphart was struck by gunfire but initially survived the shooting.

West has been accused of murder and has pleaded a self-defense theory, saying he believed Zeigler was reaching for a weapon and that both Zeigler and Leaphart had a reputation for violent behavior linked to methamphetamine use and had allegedly threatened him and other residents. West sought a Stand Your Ground ruling and requested a crime scene expert, Glenn Bukata, to assist his defense with reenactment and ballistics analysis. The prosecution maintains the shooting was not justified and that West acted with intent to kill.

Are there witnesses or pieces of evidence from July 15, 2015, that readers in the area recall which could clarify what happened that day?