Artez Hamilton was 20 and a lifelong resident of Baton Rouge when he was shot during a firearms transaction on August 19, 2015. The arrangement was to trade two assault-style rifles for two handguns; during the meeting Hamilton was fatally shot and later pronounced dead on August 20, 2015, at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital.

Investigators say a witness identified 19-year-old Cedrick Smith as the man seen fleeing the scene. Smith later turned himself in to detectives and was booked into the parish prison on charges of second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon in connection with Hamilton’s death.

Are there details about the exchange location, witnesses, or a motive that anyone in the Baton Rouge area can add?