Brandon L. Ratliff, a 31-year-old African American man from Norfolk, Virginia, was fatally shot on November 26, 2016, in the parking lot of a Wendy’s at 2903 Raeford Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The shooting occurred around 3:15 p.m. after a group of people who had arranged to meet in the lot became involved in a dispute that escalated into gunfire. Ratliff was pronounced dead at the scene; two other people were wounded and taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

Antonio Deondre Amur Styles, a 20-year-old African American man from Fayetteville, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Ratliff’s death, along with charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery. Styles was taken into custody after being discharged from the hospital, and was being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center without bond. The Fayetteville Police Department asked anyone with information to contact Detective J.T. Hall or Crimestoppers as the investigation continued.

What information about the meeting in the Wendy’s parking lot or the events that led to the dispute might help explain how this turned deadly?