On the night of February 17, 2017, 33-year-old Lasabian Walker, a Black man from Rock Island, Illinois, was shot and later died in Davenport, Iowa. Walker had been with his fiancée, Cassila Battie, and a friend, Shallum Davenport, when they met Battie’s cousin, David Levy. An argument between Levy and Battie in the yard escalated; Walker, who had initially stayed in a van, was brought into the confrontation by Davenport.

According to testimony, Levy drew a gun during the dispute, Walker tried to disarm him and was then shot multiple times. Neighbors reported hearing about four shots and saw a car speed away. Officers responding to a 911 call found Walker unresponsive; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. A revolver was later found a few houses away under leaves, and ballistic testing linked at least three recovered bullets to that weapon. The next day police arrested 27-year-old David Levy and charged him with first-degree murder. Conflicting accounts surfaced during the investigation, including Levy’s later claim of self-defense.

Did anyone in the area at the time see more of what happened that night or know the people involved?