On the morning of Sunday, May 13, 2018, 36-year-old Nino Fortson was shot and killed in the 700 block of Woods Drive in Atlanta. Fortson, a Black transgender man active in the local ballroom scene in the butch realness category, was found by officers after nearby police heard gunfire. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Witnesses said a dispute had involved Fortson and two men and two women; one witness reported Fortson fired a small handgun into the air during the argument and then walked away, after which further shots rang out. Another witness reported seeing one of the men from the initial dispute limping away after the final shots. The Atlanta Police Department opened a homicide investigation, engaged LGBT liaisons, and stated its preliminary work had not indicated Fortson’s gender identity was the motive. No arrests or publicly named suspects had been announced.

Did anyone in the community witness the argument or see someone leaving the area that morning?