Billy Ray Manning, 26, of Rockford, Illinois, was fatally shot on September 23, 2017. Police responded to reports of shots fired around 2:30 a.m. in the 900 block of Rockton Avenue as a party was breaking up; Manning was found at the scene, taken to a local hospital, and later died. The shooting occurred at a large party and the investigation determined he had been shot.

A 32-year-old man, David R. Stephens, was charged in connection with Manning’s death. The case drew attention in Rockford because of the circumstances of the shooting and concerns about gun violence at large social gatherings. Who has information about the night of September 23, 2017, or remembers seeing anything on Rockton Avenue that morning?