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Nicholas Decola, 19, was shot during what authorities called a drug deal gone wrong in the early hours of July 23, 2015, near 13th Street and East Mountain View Road in Phoenix. Decola had been attempting to sell methamphetamine when a planned robbery turned violent. Officers found him with a gunshot wound shortly after a 4:23 a.m. shooting call; he was taken to a hospital, declared brain dead just after 3:20 p.m., and removed from life support that same afternoon.

Police arrested multiple people in connection with the attack. Eric Edward Sparks and Adan Jr. Martinez were taken into custody the day of the shooting. Jacob Kaplan, identified as the person who shot Decola in the head, surrendered to authorities the following Sunday. Additional arrests included Jordan Huggins, charged with first-degree murder and robbery, and 30-year-old Bryan Blackburn, charged with murder and armed robbery; Blackburn acknowledged helping plan the robbery and carrying a weapon he said was a BB gun.

Are there any witnesses or neighbors who remember activity at that apartment complex early on July 23, 2015?