Derrick Lefthand, 35, was shot and killed in Bismarck, North Dakota, on the evening of June 14, 2018. Police say the shooting occurred inside an apartment after a dispute over money; officers responding around 9:30 p.m. found Lefthand with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

By the early hours of June 15, officers had taken a 35-year-old man into custody, initially on a weapons charge. Authorities did not immediately charge him with Lefthand’s death, and the man told investigators he fired in self-defense during the altercation. The sequence of events and the self-defense claim are central to the investigation, which produced more questions than immediate answers.

If anyone has information about Lefthand, the scene that night, or the dispute that led to the shooting, please come forward with tips.