On the morning of April 29, 2022, 37-year-old Theodore Julius Collins went to a home on the 2400 block of Emerson Avenue North in Minneapolis to confront the mother of his children about a matter involving their child. An argument broke out outside the residence between Collins and the woman, and a 26-year-old man at the scene, Dedric Maurice Willis, became involved. Collins slapped Willis, and Willis then produced a handgun and shot Collins once in the torso. As Collins fell, Willis reportedly fired several more shots into the air.

Officers arrived while shots were still being fired and found Collins with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was taken to North Memorial Medical Center and died later that morning. An SUV arrived shortly after the shooting and a woman identified as Collins’s girlfriend exited and fired a handgun at Willis as he fled. Officers apprehended Willis nearby and recovered a 9mm Smith & Wesson he allegedly discarded; a woman at the scene was also taken into custody and a handgun was recovered from her.

Who has information about the confrontation on Emerson Avenue North or the people involved that could help clarify what happened?