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Roan Gardner Jr., 23, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of July 1, 2016, in the parking lot of a convenience store in the 2700 block of Kimball in Memphis, Tennessee. Known to family as Cooper Lee, he was a father of two, a 2011 Bolton High School graduate, and had worked installing car electronic systems; he earned a forklift certification in 2015. Surveillance video recorded the shooting after an argument at the store; the shooter fled the scene.

Investigators identified a suspect and in March 2017 the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Memphis Police Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force arrested Rodricus Mason at an apartment near the scene. In April 2018 a grand jury indicted Mason on second-degree murder and on a felony charge of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm; he was held without bond and the case was assigned to the District Attorney’s Special Prosecution Unit.

Did anyone in the Kimball area on July 1, 2016, see anything that could help clarify what led to the argument and shooting?