On the evening of March 16, 2018, 18-year-old Norea Stephon Wilford was shot in south Minneapolis and later died at Hennepin County Medical Center. Police were dispatched around 10:30 p.m. to reports of gunfire at 43rd Street East and 1st Avenue South and found evidence of a shooting at the scene, but no victim. A short time later a man with a gunshot wound to the chest arrived at the emergency room in a private vehicle and was identified as Wilford. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Wilford, a resident of St. Paul, is believed to have been involved in a dispute that escalated into gunfire. No arrests have been announced and the investigation remains open. Is there anyone who knew Wilford or who was in that area that night who can add details to help investigators?