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An 18-year-old man, Demontae Darden Newsom, was fatally shot the night of June 11, 2022, during a large pool party at the Cambridge at Hickory Hollow Apartments in Antioch, Tennessee. The gathering turned violent after a dispute and an exchange of gunfire that also killed 20-year-old Kalem Burford and wounded two other people.

Metro Nashville Police said security footage showed a group of about 10 people approach the party armed with pistols just before shots were fired. Investigators publicly reported six arrests in the weeks after the shooting, including Learen Johnson, Robert Lee Evans Jr., and Jaylen Buford, the twin brother of Kalem Burford; all named suspects were initially charged with reckless endangerment. One wounded victim was a 31-year-old resident hit in the leg after going outside thinking the noise was fireworks; the other was a 21-year-old who was out on bond at the time.

The investigation was described as complex, with authorities indicating many people were involved in the exchange of gunfire. Did anyone at the Cambridge at Hickory Hollow Apartments that night see something that could help clarify who fired first or how the shooting began?