On March 3, 2017, 32-year-old Thomas John Russ of Minneapolis was shot and killed at the Metro Transit park-and-ride ramp off Interstate 394 in Minnetonka. Russ had gone to the parking structure with his girlfriend, her brother Marcus Hallmark, and another woman to change a flat tire on a car Hallmark had borrowed. Russ was pronounced dead at the scene from two gunshot wounds to the head.

Police launched a search and located 25-year-old Marcus Hallmark of Columbia Heights hiding in a marshy area near the ramp; a handgun was recovered nearby. Hallmark had prior convictions for burglary and assault and was charged with second-degree murder in connection with Russ’s death. The timeline of events at the scene and the brief witness observations leave open questions about what immediately preceded the first shot. Does anyone have information about that night or about Russ’s last hours that could help clarify what happened?