Jyquel McRae, a 19-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on April 1, 2021, outside the Hillsborough Discount Tobacco & Vape shop in the Hampton Pointe shopping center in Hillsborough, North Carolina. An altercation involved McRae, Doyle Edwards, and Chase Torain. McRae had been threatened by Torain earlier, and during the fight McRae drew a gun but then returned it to his car after realizing the others were unarmed.

Surveillance video of the incident was shown to the jury. After briefly entering the store, Edwards recorded a cell phone video of McRae as he lay dying and later posted that video on Snapchat. McRae was pronounced dead at Duke University Hospital.

At trial, Edwards was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, simple assault, breaking or entering into a motor vehicle, and larceny of a firearm, and received a prison sentence plus supervised probation. Torain pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault. Does anyone have additional details about what led to the initial confrontation or witnessed the events that afternoon?