On July 30, 2022, 39-year-old Ronnal J. Hines was shot and killed in a gas station parking lot in South Tacoma, Washington. Initial reports described a shootout between two men, but investigators later concluded the encounter began as a robbery that turned fatal. Surveillance shows a man identified as Malik Dashun Patterson approach the car Hines occupied, point a gun, then open fire after Hines exited. Hines’s pistol was later found with its trigger reportedly broken off and likely non-functional. The footage appears to show the suspect standing over Hines and firing into his head after Hines had been shot in the legs.

Investigators say the events started the night before at a motel party; an ex-girlfriend of Hines was seen speaking with Patterson, and a woman later with Hines texted their location to Patterson. Patterson and a second person, Taushelle Devani Ellis-Dorsey, fled the scene together. Patterson was arrested August 16, 2022, and Ellis-Dorsey was arrested September 8, 2022; both faced murder charges. If anyone knew Ronnal, was at that motel party, or has information about the movements that night, please come forward.