On the night of January 24, 2020, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 18-year-old Andrew Dontae Gaston went to the parking lot of an apartment complex at 3217 Agin Court N.E. for what he and a cousin described as a marijuana purchase. Gaston had lured 17-year-old Kyler D. Carson to the meeting intending to rob him.

When Carson arrived and began the transaction, Andrew and at least one other person ambushed him. Andrew was struck in the back of the head with a metal object; a gunfight then erupted between Carson and Tyrell Gaston. Andrew suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the chest and died after being taken to a local hospital. Tyrell was shot in the ankle and survived.

Investigators say the confrontation began as a robbery and that both Carson and Tyrell disposed of their weapons after fleeing. Arrests followed in March 2020. Does anyone have information about the events that night or Andrew’s activities in Cedar Rapids leading up to January 24, 2020?