A routine Sunday evening at the Western Hills Mall in Fairfield turned deadly on February 23, 2025, when a verbal dispute between two groups in the food court escalated into gunfire. Thirty-two-year-old Darin Marques Hall, who was not involved in the altercation, was struck by a stray bullet. He was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle and later pronounced dead.

A 21-year-old man also suffered a gunshot wound and was transported to a local hospital. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office opened an immediate homicide investigation. In the days after the shooting, 19-year-old Tavion Jermaine Perry was arrested and charged with murder in Hall’s death and attempted murder related to the injured 21-year-old; he is being held in the Jefferson County Jail without bond pending further legal proceedings.

Was anyone at the Western Hills Mall that evening who saw the altercation or the people involved willing to share information with investigators?