Theodore Banks, a 28-year-old Black man, was shot and killed after a dispute at a friend’s residence in the small rural community of Pine Apple, Alabama, on February 27, 2014. What began as a verbal argument reportedly escalated into a physical altercation and ended with Banks’ fatal shooting.

Investigators interviewed several people who were present that night as they worked to reconstruct how the confrontation turned deadly. A suspect was identified; Carlos Heard was arrested and charged with murder in connection with Banks’ death.

What can readers who were in Pine Apple on February 27, 2014, or who knew Banks, his companions, or Heard, add about that evening?