The killing tied to James Moffet, 57, unfolded in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 2, 2007. The incident grew out of a dispute over $35,000 that Curtis R. Moffett believed had been stolen from his apartment; that dispute escalated into threats, intimidation, and efforts to recover the money that prosecutors say included recruiting an accomplice to exact revenge.

Eyewitness testimony at trial traced interactions between Moffett and several people before a shooting outside a mother’s house that left Earl Gratts dead. The case turned on witness accounts and whether Moffett possessed the firearm used; defense attorneys stressed inconsistencies and possible influence on witnesses. A jury convicted Moffett of murder, solicitation of capital murder and illegal firearm possession on June 22, 2007, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment on July 6, 2007.

Does anyone have further information about the events or people involved on August 2, 2007?