Decoda Lee Roberts, 23, was shot and killed in Fort Worth on March 6, 2020. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the torso; he was shot in the chest in the 4300 block of Poinsetta Drive and was pronounced dead at a hospital about 35 minutes later. The Fort Worth Police Department homicide unit investigated.

Surveillance video from a nearby house shows three hooded assailants circling Decoda while he repeatedly said he did not want to fight and was going home. At one point he brandished a rifle; a struggle followed. One suspect took the rifle, another struck Decoda in the head with a long shiny object described as possibly a baseball bat, and a gunshot was then heard.

Three suspects were arrested. Maximilliano Sandoval, 20, was tied to a black Chrysler 300 registered to his mother and was booked on suspicion of murder; he said he was at his girlfriend’s house at the time. Chad Burrell, 34, and Isaiah Story, 21, later pleaded guilty to manslaughter in December 2020 and received 12- and eight-year sentences respectively; both had initially been indicted on murder charges.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see activity around Poinsetta Drive on March 6, 2020, or know more about the events that led to the confrontation?