Arsenio Kamal Gaskins, 32, was shot and killed on October 5, 2019, in the early morning near the 1500 block of Cargill Avenue in Wilson, North Carolina. The shooting followed a confrontation in the parking lot of Players Choice, an electronic sweepstakes business. According to reports, Gaskins had been speaking with a woman and with the sister of Miquail Q. Crumbley when Crumbley and Jeremy Barnes arrived. An exchange of words escalated into a physical fight in which Gaskins punched Barnes, who then retrieved a gun and placed it in his waistband. Gaskins fled because he feared for his life but was pursued by Crumbley, who shot and killed him.

At trial, Crumbley, 27 at the time of the killing, was found guilty of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon and received life without parole. Jeremy T. Barnes pleaded guilty to acting as an accessory after the fact in exchange for testifying; he admitted driving the getaway car and was given a five- to seven-year sentence. Gaskins’ mother Dawn and his sisters Kristie, Attandra, and Kissina were present during the proceedings and remembered him as fun-loving and not someone who carried weapons.

Are there details about the confrontation or the moments before the shooting that anyone with information can add?