On August 25, 1996, 41-year-old Saint Paul resident Yvonne Thompson was shot and killed behind her apartment building during an altercation with her former boyfriend, 52-year-old Freddie Lee Bowen. Bowen fled the immediate scene and then lay in the street armed with the same weapon, prompting a six-hour standoff with police.

The standoff ended when Bowen stood, pointed the gun toward officers, and was shot by police. He was taken to a hospital and later died of his wounds. Bowen had a documented history of abusive behavior and had been disfellowshipped from the Jehovah’s Witnesses for abusing his children. With Bowen dead, investigators named no other suspects.

Are there neighbors or witnesses who recall the events that day or who knew Thompson and can add detail about what led up to the shooting?