In the early morning hours of August 19, 2021, gunfire and screams were reported on the 500 block of Gustaf Street in Gold Hill, Oregon. Thomas James Watters, 24, was found unconscious and not breathing and was pronounced dead at 4:20 a.m. from multiple gunshot wounds. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and its Major Assault and Death Investigation Unit opened an investigation.

Within minutes, law enforcement received a report on a location and at about 4:17 a.m. Wiley River Foxx, 18, of Gold Hill, was located and detained without incident. Foxx was arrested and lodged on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with Watters’s killing and subsequently pleaded not guilty. The defense has continued investigating and interviewing witnesses, and the case has seen multiple attempts to settle; as of early 2024 a trial in Jackson County Circuit Court was scheduled for January 2025.

What can readers from Gold Hill or anyone with information about that August 19th morning share to help the investigation?