Patrol Officer Ernest Coleman, 31, was shot and killed on June 30, 1982, while working a uniformed off-duty security detail at a convenience store in Charlotte, North Carolina. He had ejected a man from the store earlier that evening for being rowdy; that same man returned and shot Officer Coleman. Coleman was taken to Charlotte Memorial Hospital and died there about five hours later.

Coleman had served with the Charlotte Police Department for 18 months and was survived by three children. A 24-year-old man was convicted of first-degree murder and, on March 2, 1983, received a life sentence without the possibility of parole. The case drew attention because the officer was killed while performing a security duty while off duty.

Did anyone who knew Officer Coleman or who was in that neighborhood on June 30, 1982, see anything that could add detail to what happened that night?