Brandon M. Smith was 29 when he was killed after leaving a Davenport convenience store on the evening of September 24, 2015. After buying something at the EZ Mart on Brady Street, he had a brief verbal exchange with two men, then walked westbound on East Garfield Street. Those men returned to a nearby house on North Brady Street, obtained a .22-caliber handgun, found Smith near Garfield and Dubuque Streets, and McDaniel shot him in the chest. Smith was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.

Davenport police used witness accounts and surveillance footage to identify suspects. Quantrell L. McDaniel was arrested on September 25, 2015, and charged with first-degree murder and going armed with intent; he later admitted to shooting Smith and hiding the handgun. On October 2, authorities arrested Dantawn Lavon Cole, charged with first-degree murder and going armed with intent, and Marcello Cordell Miller, charged as a felon in possession of a firearm.

Are there readers who knew Brandon or saw him that night and can share information that hasn’t been reported?