DeAndre M. Davidson was a 21-year-old African American man who was killed in East St. Louis, Illinois, on October 17, 2016. Authorities classified his death as a homicide and said the circumstances involved multiple suspects and a series of events that led to his death.

Investigators identified several individuals in the case and eventually arrested 38-year-old Deandre Cotton of Belleville. Cotton was charged with first-degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm. Authorities said Illinois State Police DCI Zone 6, the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and the East St. Louis Police Department located Cotton hiding in a crawlspace in an apartment building and took him into custody without incident.

What details about that day or the people involved might help clarify what happened to DeAndre?