On the evening of April 27, 2023, 26-year-old Jimmy R. Joe was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Dockside Apartments in the 23200 block of 61st Avenue South in Kent, Washington. Kent Police were called about 6:34 p.m. after a 911 caller reported hearing a gunshot and seeing a person lying in the parking lot. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide from a single gunshot wound to the chest.

Investigators say Joe had an 18-month feud with a former roommate, Johnston J Fernandez-Edwin, that involved accusations of theft and both men having been involved with the same woman. Surveillance video and witness accounts indicate that Fernandez-Edwin followed Joe to the apartment complex, a confrontation occurred after Joe exited his vehicle holding a baseball bat, and Fernandez-Edwin pulled a pistol from under his seat and fired one shot, then fled.

Johnston J Fernandez-Edwin was identified by detectives through video and witness interviews and was arrested on May 2, 2023. What else can anyone who knew Jimmy or who was in that parking lot that evening add to the timeline or the relationships involved?