On the night of August 6, 2014, 27-year-old Markeese Hodge was fatally shot at Cross Keys Apartments in Columbus, Georgia during a late-night gathering at the complex. The man who fired the shot was identified as Jerome Chatmon; he was tried on criminal charges but was acquitted after claiming self-defense.

Hodge’s family later sued the property owners and managers, McCorlew Realty, Inc., saying the company knew about a problematic unit that attracted heavy late-night traffic and had failed to bolster security. Court records show another shooting at the complex ten days before Hodge’s death that injured three people. A jury in the civil case awarded Hodge’s family $4.5 million, finding the property owners responsible for the foreseeable crime on their premises.

Are there people who knew Markeese or who were familiar with safety conditions at Cross Keys Apartments who can share what happened that night?