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LaDarius Brooks, 24, known as Tall 40 in his Memphis neighborhood, was shot and killed the night of March 7, 2015. He had been at a house where friends and family were gathered and discussing an earlier shooting of a mutual acquaintance, Demetris Fat Miller. A man witnesses called Lil B arrived with Vernon Griggs. After a short time inside, Lil B went outside and then confronted Brooks at the front gate, accusing him of setting someone up. Lil B pulled a gun and fired repeatedly; Brooks ran back toward the house, was pulled inside by his girlfriend Kimberla Townsel, and was found wounded when officers arrived around 10:00 p.m. He was taken to a hospital, underwent surgery, but died from a bullet that entered his right flank and severed major blood vessels.

Investigators used witness identifications from photographic lineups and sought the suspect, later identified in court records as Brandon Johnson. An arrest warrant issued around March 24, 2015, and the suspect was arrested on June 4, 2015. Prosecutors charged him with premeditated first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; the case at trial focused on eyewitness testimony and the events from the accusation at the gate to the shooting and flight afterward.

Does anyone who knew LaDarius Brooks or was at that gathering have information that could add detail about what happened that night?