A clandestine arms transaction in a Reno parking lot on East Grove Street turned deadly on February 6, 2018. Patrick McDaniel, a 31-year-old Caucasian man, had gone there with a friend to sell a cache of stolen goods that included firearms, ammunition and explosive caps taken from a California law enforcement agency. The meeting allegedly ended when the buyer, identified as Mike Kizer, shot McDaniel multiple times.

McDaniel’s companion remained at the scene and later cooperated with investigators. McDaniel was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. The buyer reportedly fled in McDaniel’s white Honda Accord, leaving the stolen arsenal inside; the vehicle was found abandoned the next morning. Detectives located and arrested 34-year-old Kizer in Sparks two days after the shooting, and a search of an apartment on Sutro Avenue recovered the stolen firearms and other items.

What do readers who knew McDaniel or who have information about the meeting on East Grove Street know that could help clarify what happened that night?