On the early morning of October 1, 2017, 24-year-old Tremel Dupree Dean of Topeka was killed in downtown Lawrence, Kansas, when a late-night disturbance near 11th and Massachusetts streets escalated into gunfire. The shooting, about 1:40 a.m., followed a fistfight as bars were closing; witnesses estimated more than 20 shots. Dean was an innocent bystander who had been out with his sister and friends after an event at the Granada Theater.

Dean, the second oldest of five children, was described by family as easygoing and funny, with plans to move to California to be with his girlfriend and thoughts of becoming a truck driver. The investigation identified Anthony Laron Roberts Jr. as the primary shooter; Roberts was charged in the deaths of Dean and two others and later convicted by a jury. Two other men faced charges connected to the incident, with one pleading to misdemeanor battery and another sentenced for attempted voluntary manslaughter.

If anyone was in downtown Lawrence that night or knew Tremel, please share what you remember.