Stanley Fred Maurice Cooksey, 50, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, died after a shooting inside an apartment on the 2100 block of North 5th Street in the late-night hours of July 7, 2021; his death was recorded on July 8. Police were summoned just before midnight for a man shot in the face and found him unresponsive on the hallway floor. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. An autopsy concluded the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the face and the manner of death was ruled homicide.

The 911 caller was identified as Latosha Stoney, Cooksey’s longtime girlfriend, who was also injured and sitting near him with a gunshot wound to her forearm. Stoney told authorities she and Cooksey had argued and struggled over a handgun, and investigators said the bullet passed through her forearm before striking Cooksey. The argument was described as rooted in a painful domestic dispute; reports said Cooksey had recently told Stoney he had fathered a child with another woman and that she had confronted him after seeing messages between him and that woman.

Police arrested Stoney and charged her with criminal homicide. Prosecutors pursued a theory that Cooksey’s death resulted from Stoney’s conduct during the altercation; the defense said the fatal shot occurred accidentally in the struggle. Does anyone have information about the night of July 7–8, 2021, or knew Cooksey and can help clarify what happened?