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Kevin Paul Jalbert, 36, was killed on October 3, 2016, on a residential street in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. A U.S. Air Force veteran who was receiving treatment for PTSD at the local VA Medical Center, he had been at a nearby bar earlier that evening. Jalbert encountered a group of teenagers playing in the street and asked them to go home; that request escalated into a confrontation with several young men, including 22-year-old Sheron Jalen Purnell, known as Ryda and described as a member of the Belmont Boys street gang.

Witnesses said Purnell left the scene and returned with a handgun; Jalbert, unarmed and reportedly backing away with his hands raised, was shot six times in the torso and later died at Paoli Hospital. An arrest warrant was issued October 31 and Purnell was taken into custody November 2, 2016. Testimony at the Chester County trial recalled Jalbert as generous and kind-hearted; the jury convicted Purnell of third-degree murder and he was sentenced to 20.5 to 47 years in state prison.

Are there details about Jalbert’s last hours or the neighborhood that could help others remember what happened that night?