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Deaunte Lamar Bell, 25, was fatally shot by Columbus police officers on October 29, 2015, at the Amberly Square Apartments on Refugee Road in Columbus, Ohio. Officers John Narewski and Matthew Baas stopped a car in the complex parking lot after reporting suspicious activity; Bell was in the back seat and was shot multiple times, including in the head and chest, after officers say he reached for a gun. He was pronounced dead at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center shortly after the shooting.

Bell had prior weapons-related convictions and was on court-ordered supervision at the time. In 2014 he was sentenced to two years of intensive supervision for possessing a 9mm handgun, a conviction that followed an earlier weapons charge; he also had been on probation for a 2008 robbery involving a displayed weapon. His family retained attorneys Christopher M. Cooper and Walton + Brown, LLP, to investigate and seek accountability, and they raised concerns about investigative impartiality and conflicting witness accounts. A Franklin County grand jury cleared Officers Narewski and Baas in May 2016.

Does anyone have relevant details or eyewitness information about the October 29, 2015, stop at Amberly Square Apartments?