A confrontation outside an apartment building in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans on March 14, 2019, ended with the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Tyrone Reese. The person identified as the shooter was Gerardo Bugallo-Beret, described in reports as a former New York City police officer.

Bugallo-Beret was arrested and later indicted by a grand jury on second-degree murder. He told investigators he acted in self-defense and that Reese had verbally threatened him. The District Attorney’s office said Reese was unarmed and that no weapon was recovered from his person or the immediate area.

Reports note Bugallo-Beret had a prior misdemeanor assault charge in New York while serving with the NYPD from July 2014 to May 2016 and left the department after that incident. The second-degree murder charge carried the possibility of a mandatory lifetime prison term if convicted. Is there anyone who knew Reese or saw what happened that day who can help clarify the encounter?