On the night of August 10, 2025, 47-year-old Berkens Obas of the Boynton Beach area was shot outside the Ashley Lake Park/Ashley Lake Apartments on Ashley Lake Drive and was found unresponsive in front of an apartment building. Two women, identified as Myolie Filogene and Debora Filogene, were also wounded and taken to Delray Medical Center; their injuries were described as not life-threatening. Witnesses said the gathering had been winding down and people were outside taking photos when a neighbor confronted them about noise. Moments later, shots were fired and Obas collapsed where he stood.

Detectives traced the gunfire to Robert Lee Gipson. Recorded 911 calls and an arrest report indicate Gipson told dispatchers he feared being jumped and in one call said I shot one, I killed him. Witnesses told deputies there had been no physical fight—only a brief exchange of words—before the shooting. Gipson later surrendered and was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; a judge ordered him held without bond. Loved ones remember Obas as a devoted husband and father.

Did anyone see the moments before the shots were fired or have information about the confrontation that led to this killing?