On the night of March 24, 2018, a birthday celebration on a party bus in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, ended with 19-year-old Billy Ray Robles shot in the chest after a dispute on the bus spilled into the AMC theater parking lot on Bishop Avenue. The bus had been carrying 40 to 50 people; witnesses said an argument between east side and west side groups — believed to have rival gang ties — turned physical as passengers disembarked. Robles, known locally as Billy Tha Kidd and reportedly six credits short of a high school diploma, was taken to Regions Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Family members said he had been trying to act as a peacemaker during the fight when he was struck.

Authorities later arrested several teenagers in connection with the brawl; police identified a 17-year-old, Trashaun N. Morris, as the person who fired the fatal shot and charged him with second-degree murder and other offenses. Other juveniles were charged for participating in the riot. What further information do readers have about that night or about Billy Ray Robles’ life and the people who were there?