Edward Young III, a 21-year-old African American man, was shot in the early hours of February 26, 2017, at the Red Roof Inn on Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was taken to Duke University Hospital and died of his injuries.

Authorities arrested 19-year-old Alexis Shenell Joyner, an African American woman, and charged her with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting. Her arrest followed a multi-stage episode that included a three-mile police chase in Charlotte after the vehicle she was in crashed into a tree; she fled briefly on foot before being taken into custody and was held in the Durham County Jail without bond. Families of both Young and Joyner confronted one another outside the courtroom during her first appearance, and Young’s mother spoke publicly about her grief and confusion.

What details about the hours before the shooting or witnesses at the Red Roof Inn could help explain how this happened?