Christopher Burton, a 21-year-old African American man, was killed on August 3, 2015, outside an East Austin apartment complex. The confrontation involved Burton and 22-year-old Bryan Juarez, described as a college student who worked at the Capitol and wore a suit and tie to work. Juarez was arrested at the scene after admitting to the shooting.

At trial the defense presented Burton as a menace who had repeatedly harassed Juarez; the prosecution said Juarez was in a drunken rage when he fired. After more than 10 hours of jury deliberations over two days, Juarez was found not guilty — the first acquittal in a Travis County first-degree murder trial since 2011.

Did anyone in Austin at the time witness the confrontation or have information about interactions between Burton and Juarez before that night?