Darrin DeJay Germany Jr., 28, was killed by a gunshot to the chest on December 31, 2016, near June Street and Prospect Avenue in Erie, Pennsylvania. Accounts say Germany was involved in a gunfight that night and did not survive his wounds.

Grover H. Lyons, 26, was charged in Germany’s death. Lyons told the court he acted in self-defense, testifying that Germany and two to three other men fired at him and his friend Darrel Johnson, who was wounded in the leg, and that Lyons picked up a gun Johnson dropped and returned fire. Prosecutors argued Lyons and Johnson had followed Germany after an earlier altercation at Bogey’s Tavern and intended to shoot him.

A jury convicted Lyons of voluntary manslaughter and multiple related charges, and he was sentenced to prison; that conviction was later affirmed by the state Superior Court. The shooting underscored local concerns about gun violence and disputes over self-defense claims.

Did anyone in Erie at the time see events near June Street and Prospect Avenue that night or have information about what led up to the altercation at Bogey’s Tavern?