On the evening of January 18, 2015, a burst of gunfire in the St. Claude neighborhood of New Orleans left 35-year-old Aaron Martin dead and a second man wounded. Police found Martin with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a nearby hospital and died of his injuries. The other victim survived a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

Authorities identified Kendall Jones as the primary suspect and charged him with Martin’s murder and the aggravated battery of the second victim. At trial the prosecution argued Jones was the aggressor, while the defense said he acted in self-defense. The jury acquitted Jones of second-degree murder but convicted him of aggravated battery for shooting the other man; Jones was then sentenced for that conviction.

Did anyone in St. Claude at the time see or hear anything that could shed more light on how the altercation began?