On the morning of September 22, 2015, 48-year-old Christopher C. Smith of Middletown was fatally shot during a violent confrontation on a Newport sidewalk. The struggle occurred around 2:00 a.m. at the corner of William and King Streets during an argument involving Smith and 35-year-old Stephen J. Jemo of Newport. Witnesses heard someone shout Get your hands off of her immediately before two gunshots were fired.

Both men were found with fatal gunshot wounds and two firearms were recovered at the scene. Smith was taken to Newport Hospital and pronounced dead; Jemo was transported to Rhode Island Hospital and pronounced dead at 6:45 a.m. The Newport Police Department classified the incident as a murder-suicide and said there was no ongoing threat to the community. No arrests were made because the person identified as the shooter died at the scene.

Are there witnesses or anyone with information about what led to the confrontation that night?