On the evening of March 24, 2021, Ryan Kane Decker, a 46-year-old White man from St. Cloud, was shot and killed after a dispute at the Stop N Shop on East Lake Street in Minneapolis. Decker had been in the city helping a friend move; the two stopped in the store for a soda. A security guard told Decker to wear a mask, and as he turned to leave he made slight contact with another customer, 33-year-old Chaz Eric Stubblefield, who then punched Decker in the back and a verbal argument followed.

Surveillance footage and witnesses say the confrontation moved into the parking lot. According to accounts, Stubblefield spat in Decker’s face and Decker threw a punch. Stubblefield then produced a gun and fired a single shot, striking Decker in the head. Decker was found in a pool of blood, taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, and pronounced dead shortly after midnight on March 25, 2021. Stubblefield later admitted to police that he shot Decker and said he disposed of the gun in a river.

Does anyone have information about the moments just before the shooting or additional witnesses from that Stop N Shop parking lot?