Seibert H. Prescott, a 63-year-old African American man, was shot to death on March 25, 2014, outside Ray’s Meat Market in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Prescott and his 30-year-old son, Roger Bennett, were both shot in the back while attempting to flee a confrontation in the market’s parking lot and later pronounced dead at Broward Health Medical Center.

The dispute began over a pit bull named Tiger after the dog’s owner, John Forbes, returned to Prescott’s home to retrieve the animal. Forbes threatened Prescott with a machete during the heated exchange. The argument resumed later at Lincoln Park when Prescott and his sons encountered Forbes. Forbes’ nephew, Gerrard Bell, contacted Vincent Jones; Bell handed Jones a gun, and Jones opened fire. Jones was charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Gerrard Bell pleaded no contest to murder and attempted murder and received a five-year prison sentence.

Surveillance footage from the meat market and witness testimony were part of the trial record. What details about the sequence of events that night would help explain how the confrontation escalated to deadly force?