LeVonte King Jason Jones was two years old when he was killed in a drive-by shooting in Minneapolis on July 8, 2016. He was riding in a van with his 15-month-old sister and their mother’s boyfriend, Melvonte Peterson, when a bullet struck LeVonte in the chest; his sister was grazed in the leg. Peterson drove the children to a nearby hospital but LeVonte did not survive.

Investigators say the shooting involved an exchange of gunfire between Peterson and a rival, later identified as Chris Welch; it was not clear who fired first. Peterson, who was prohibited from carrying a firearm because of a prior felony, was arrested and initially faced murder and manslaughter charges but the murder charges were later dismissed and he was convicted of illegal firearm possession and sentenced to five years. Welch was arrested soon after the shooting but initially released for lack of evidence; new evidence including cellphone GPS and witness testimony led prosecutors to charge him with second-degree murder in July 2019. The motive has been described as a dispute between Welch and Peterson over a theft.

Does anyone have information about the events around Penn and Lowry avenues that day or the people involved?