Joshua Martin was 21 when he was shot and killed in the Enslow Park neighborhood of Huntington, West Virginia, during the early morning hours of March 18, 2015. He had graduated from Huntington High School and attended Marshall University; friends described him as outgoing and talented, and his mother said he had been working toward becoming a mathematics teacher. Toxicology detected marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms; no alcohol or other narcotics were found.

Martin arrived in the Donald Avenue area shortly after 3 a.m. and went to the home of Micah LeMaster, a man police said did not know Martin. Evidence placed Martin’s clothing and cellphone roughly 100 yards from where his body was found. Investigators and witness testimony described shots fired through LeMaster’s front door that struck Martin, who then left the porch bleeding.

LeMaster was arrested the day of the killing and later indicted on a first-degree murder charge. The criminal trial focused on whether LeMaster’s use of deadly force was legally justified to defend himself and his family or whether the threat had ended once Martin was wounded and retreating. Is there anyone who knew Joshua or saw activity in Enslow Park that night who can help clarify why he was in that neighborhood?