Leon Bernard White Jr., a 36-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on September 1, 2019 at Hillcrest Apartments in Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville police responded to a report of a gunshot wound and found White suffering from a gunshot injury; he was taken to Mission Hospital and later died of his wounds. No weapon was recovered from White at the scene.

Investigators identified 41-year-old Khalid Sharif Walker of Woodland, North Carolina as the primary suspect. Walker was charged with first-degree murder and later said the shooting was in self-defense, testifying that he shot White and acknowledging White was unarmed. Walker was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a felon and sentenced to about 8.5 years in prison.

Are there witnesses or local readers with information about what happened at Hillcrest Apartments on September 1, 2019?