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On August 20, 2017, 38-year-old Joseph Bunch III was shot and killed in the parking lot of an apartment complex on North Lobdell Boulevard in Baton Rouge. Officers responding to a report of a shooting found Bunch deceased at the scene. His fiancée, 26-year-old Jimeelah Crockett, was present and initially taken into custody for questioning.

Crockett first told investigators she had been physically assaulted, locked in a bathroom, escaped with her two young children, grabbed a gun and fired one shot as Bunch pursued her. Officers noted she had scratches and a busted lip. Surveillance footage from the complex reportedly showed Bunch backing away with his hands raised while Crockett pointed the gun at him, a discrepancy that investigators say contradicted her account. Crockett was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. The shooting left Bunch’s family, including his thirteen children, grieving.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see or record what happened in the parking lot that night?