A confrontation in a Walmart parking lot in Trumann, Arkansas, ended with a fatal shooting on a Sunday evening in April 2018. Officers arrived to find 22-year-old Gabriel Urrabazo holding his 21-year-old ex-wife, Faith Morgan, at gunpoint as she left the store. While police were negotiating, Morgan’s uncle, 35-year-old Robert Highfill, tried to intervene and disarm Urrabazo despite officers advising against it. Urrabazo shot and killed Highfill at the scene.

The standoff, witnessed by about 30 to 40 customers and employees, lasted more than an hour and a half. Urrabazo continued to hold Morgan at gunpoint and later released her before walking away still armed; multiple agencies including the Arkansas State Police and the FBI assisted Trumann police before Urrabazo surrendered and was taken into custody. He was charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping; a probable cause hearing was held the next morning and bond was set at $500,000. In August 2019 he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Highfill’s death and to kidnapping, and received concurrent prison terms.

Did anyone in Trumann witness Highfill’s attempt to disarm the gunman or have additional details about the moments before the shooting?