Thomas Mirone III, a 25-year-old from Converse, Texas, was shot and killed on August 24, 2016 during a drug transaction at a home near Randolph Air Force Base. The meeting involved Tyler Collins, then 22, and several others who met Mirone to purchase drugs. Shots were fired during the exchange and investigators later found counterfeit cash at the scene, indicating the buyers may have been using fake money.

Collins was charged with capital murder. His girlfriend told police he had taken part in a string of drug robberies using counterfeit bills. At trial Collins admitted being at the scene armed with an assault rifle and said he shot Mirone in self-defense; the prosecution argued Collins could not claim self-defense because he entered the home uninvited and armed. A jury convicted Collins of capital murder and he was sentenced to life without parole in February 2020. Mirone’s family and friends were left grieving a life cut short by a violent act.

Did anyone who knew Thomas or who was in that neighborhood on August 24, 2016 notice anything unusual that day?