On the evening of December 2, 2023, 23-year-old Darien Jamal Roberson of Saint Paul was fatally shot in the parking lot of a strip mall in Edina after leaving a birthday dinner. Roberson and others had gone outside to take pictures when an argument began between him and 21-year-old Kavyon J. Madison of Minneapolis, reportedly over comments Madison made about a friend of Roberson’s who had died of an overdose two years earlier.

Surveillance video shows Madison putting his finger in Roberson’s face; Roberson slapped his hand away and stepped back. The footage then captures Madison drawing a handgun and firing five times, striking Roberson in the face, cheek, neck, shoulder, and chest. Roberson collapsed and died at the scene; his death was ruled a homicide.

Witnesses restrained Madison until police arrived; he was at the scene and was arrested. Does anyone who was at that gathering or who knows Darien have information that could shed more light on what sparked the confrontation?