On the evening of April 22, 2023, 25-year-old Sirrone Sel Arthur Newbern was shot and killed while a passenger in a car that had pulled into the 1800 block of South 15th Street in Tacoma, Washington. He was an uninvolved bystander to an altercation between the driver he was with and 32-year-old Timothy Terrell Williams. Williams had earlier told the driver he was armed and wanted a one-on-one fight; Newbern repeatedly tried to stay out of the conflict.

Shortly after 10:30 p.m., Williams confronted the other man, struck the first blow and then produced a firearm as the fight turned against him. Williams fired, striking Newbern multiple times. First responders found Newbern on the ground between two apartment buildings; CPR was performed but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Williams was arrested at the scene, confessed and was initially charged with second-degree murder. The charge was later amended and he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter; he received an eight-and-a-half year prison sentence. Was anyone in the area that night able to see what happened or gather information that could clarify the sequence of events?