On the evening of January 22, 2015, 33-year-old Ronald Ray Hudson was shot and killed at his home on Hands Pike in South Covington, Kentucky. The shooting began during what was presented as a planned drug deal for a half-pound of marijuana that turned into a robbery. Hudson was a father of three; his 9-year-old son reportedly witnessed the fatal violence.

Two men brought to the house, Simeon McKinnie, 20, and Delaun Hayes, 21, allegedly intended to steal the drugs after McKinnie’s ruse. When Hudson produced the marijuana in the garage, McKinnie and Hayes showed firearms. A friend, David Abney, struggled with Hayes and was shot four times but survived. Hudson was struck by three bullets, one severing a major vein; he managed to climb stairs and collapsed on a back deck, where he was found dead. Shell casings from two different firearms were recovered.

Hayes surrendered a couple of days later and McKinnie was later apprehended. McKinnie has been tried and given a long prison term; Hayes and the trio’s getaway driver, Charles Knox, faced indictments for murder, first-degree assault, and first-degree robbery. Does anyone have information about the people who brought McKinnie and Hayes to Hudson’s home or about witnesses to the incident?