Tilford Barfield III, 25, of Atlanta, Texas, was fatally shot on March 25, 2017, at the Bay Wash Car Wash on North Stateline Avenue in Texarkana. Witnesses said a fight broke out at the car wash; as Barfield watched, he was shot multiple times in the abdomen and legs and was later pronounced dead at Christus St. Michael Hospital.

Two men from Texarkana were arrested in connection with the shooting. Jimmy Jerome Dancer, 29, turned himself in at the Bi-State Criminal Justice Center the day after the shooting; Lee Lewis, 36, was arrested at his Magnolia Street residence. Both were charged with murder and held in the Bi-State Jail. A grand jury later indicted Dancer; in a plea bargain he pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 35 years in prison on September 13, 2018. Lewis has not been formally indicted for Barfield’s murder. The motive has not been publicly disclosed.

If anyone witnessed the fight at the car wash or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what is known.