McDaniel Watson, a 50-year-old African American man, was shot and killed after a late-night walk in George Ward Park in Birmingham, Alabama on August 30, 2014. He and his wife were in the park around 10 p.m. when an unknown man approached, demanded Watson’s wallet, and within seconds a single shot struck Watson in the head. Rescuers took him to UAB Hospital, where he died.

Watson’s family held a candlelight vigil; they noted he still had his Bible with him, that he had been preparing to start a new job, and that the couple had been rebuilding after a house fire the prior year. His obituary described him as a Birmingham native with deep church ties, a former Jones Valley High School band member, a U.S. Navy veteran of about twenty years, and a worker in aviation. No suspect, arrest, or prosecution was publicly identified in connection with his death.

Did anyone in the Birmingham area see or hear anything that night in George Ward Park that could help explain what happened?