On the evening of April 18, 2021, 19-year-old Courtney Lewis was fatally shot at about 10:45 p.m. in the parking lot of RPM Raceway in Stamford, Connecticut. The lot was hosting a car-enthusiast gathering and the business was closed when a dispute escalated, a gun was drawn and Lewis was struck in the chest. Lewis was transported to Stamford Hospital, where he later died. Two other people, ages 17 and 33, were wounded but survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators say a long-standing feud between Lewis and 21-year-old Everett Brown dated back to about September 2020 after an incident at a Norwalk car meet. The warrant alleges the rivalry included a later robbery, online threats with pictures of handguns, and that Lewis confronted Brown and spat in his face on the night of the shooting before shots were fired. Police executed a search warrant at Brown’s residence; he surrendered and was initially charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm and first-degree reckless endangerment. In May 2021 prosecutors upgraded charges to murder and two counts of assault. Surveillance footage helped the investigation but was partially obscured by heavy smoke from burnouts and donuts in the parking lot.

Did anyone at the RPM Raceway meet that night see something that could clarify what happened during the confrontation?