A memorial gathering in Saint Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood turned deadly on February 25, 2023. Around 5:15 p.m., after a service in the Kings Crossing by Episcopal Homes community room, an argument moved into the parking lot and gunfire broke out. Five people were shot; two men died. Troy Kennedy, a 37-year-old Black man, succumbed to blood loss from his injuries. The other fatality was 34-year-old chef Larry Jiles Jr.

Witnesses told police the dispute may have been about someone alleged to be working with police. Those accounts say John Lee Edmonson, 52, arrived in an SUV, approached Jiles, put an arm around him, then shot him at point-blank range before firing into the crowd and leaving. Three additional people — two women and one man — were wounded, one of them critically. Edmonson was arrested on March 2, 2023, in Bloomington and charged with multiple counts of murder.

Does anyone have information about that evening in Frogtown or about Troy Kennedy and the people who attended the memorial?