Larry Deshaye Hardman, a 43-year-old African American man, was found shot and pronounced dead at the scene on Chadwick Hogan Road in Chappell Hill, Texas, on July 17, 2022. Washington County deputies responded to a shooting call about 5:30 p.m.; Washington County EMS pronounced Hardman dead at the scene. Criminal investigators from the sheriff’s office and the Texas Rangers handled the investigation.

Justin Jervan Thomas, 35 and also from Chappell Hill, was at the scene and taken into custody that day. He was charged with murder and held at the Washington County Jail on $750,000 bond. Thomas later posted bail on September 2, 2022, and died in a vehicle crash in Washington County on September 8, 2022; authorities have said the crash is under investigation and have not ruled out an intentional act.

What did anyone in the Chappell Hill area see or hear on July 17, 2022, that could help clarify what happened that evening?