On the afternoon of August 19, 2024, JaBraun Garron Hole, 33, was shot once in the torso during a large altercation at a homeless encampment in the 3300 block of South 3rd Avenue in Minneapolis. The fight began shortly after 5 p.m. and spilled into the street. Emergency responders found Hole on the sidewalk and transported him to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he died the same day. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner classified his death as a homicide by gunshot wound.

Police cleared the encampment after the shooting. Family and friends remembered Hole as a compassionate man who regularly provided food, water, and other necessities to people in need; a fundraising effort was started to help with funeral expenses. What details from that afternoon might help explain how the altercation escalated to deadly violence?