Sedrick Sed Lewis, 37, was shot to death in the late morning hours of a Wednesday in December 2022 outside the FairBridge Inn on Boardwalk Drive in Baton Rouge. The killing followed a dispute that escalated into violence under the motel breezeway, where Lewis and another man, 27-year-old Maurice Mallory, were seen on surveillance footage. Witnesses told investigators the argument involved allegations of stolen drugs and became physical.

According to the Baton Rouge Police Department account, Mallory dropped a handgun during the fight. Lewis walked away but returned to find Mallory had retrieved the weapon; Lewis was shot in the back as he attempted to flee and was left fatally wounded while Mallory fled the scene. An arrest warrant was issued for Mallory; two days later he was located by the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on second-degree murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and illegal use of a weapon.

Was anyone nearby under the motel breezeway who saw more of what happened before or after the shooting?