Derek Lewis, 39, was shot late on the night of August 1, 2016, in a residential neighborhood just off Fair Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky. After being wounded, he made his way toward Payne Street and pounded on a home in the 1100 block shortly before 11 p.m., telling the resident he had been shot. He was airlifted to TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville and died in the early hours of August 2.

Police followed a trail of blood back toward Fair Street and found that another nearby occupied home had been struck by gunfire. Lewis, while still conscious, gave officers a phone number and said the man linked to that number had shot him; he also said the shooter had been in a gold Ford Crown Victoria and was involved in crack cocaine trafficking. Those leads were later cited in court filings.

Bowling Green investigators identified 34-year-old Maurice Lonnell Candies as a suspect; he was arrested in Nebraska and extradited to Warren County, where he faced murder and related charges. A co-defendant, Danielle Kena Houchins, was indicted on a charge of hindering prosecution or apprehension. Lewis’s killers and motive are now matters of record in court documents. Does anyone have information about activity on Fair Street or Payne Street that night?