A workplace dispute in Slidell, Louisiana, in September 2022 ended with the death of 22-year-old Zakary Stewart. Stewart, originally from Cullman, Alabama, had moved to Slidell and worked as a salesman at a Hyundai dealership. Tension with a coworker, 25-year-old Brian Montrell Taylor, reportedly began after Taylor sent several unwanted text messages to Stewart’s girlfriend.

On the afternoon of September 16, 2022, the dispute escalated into a physical fight outside a service bay. Both men threw punches and suffered bloody noses before colleagues separated them. While a manager was escorting Stewart away, Taylor ran into the service bay, returned with a handgun, chambered a round despite coworkers’ pleas, and then shot Stewart in the chest as the two men resumed fighting. Taylor fled briefly but was apprehended a short time later and charged with manslaughter.

Does anyone have information about the confrontation that led up to the shooting or remember seeing what happened that day?