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Beatrice Jones, a 56-year-old African American woman, was shot and killed in her South Side Gresham home in Chicago on February 2, 2018. She was living with her fiancé, Rory Watson, and his 13-year-old daughter was in the house that night. The girl heard an argument between Watson and Jones shortly before 10 p.m., followed by a gunshot; she called a cousin who then contacted police.

Officers found Jones with a gunshot wound and she was pronounced dead at the scene by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. A loaded revolver was on the kitchen counter and two spent shell casings were nearby; the autopsy listed cause of death as a gunshot wound to the right arm and the manner of death as homicide. Rory Watson, 57, was charged with first-degree murder and held without bail; he had four prior felony convictions and had been released from custody on June 7 prior to the incident.

Was anyone in the neighborhood around 10 p.m. that night aware of arguing or a gunshot that could add detail to the timeline?