Liban A. Barre, 23, was killed near a large party on College Hill in Pullman, Washington, on September 25, 2021. The Whitman County Coroner ruled his death a homicide after an autopsy found multiple gunshot wounds. Brandon Gray, a Washington State University football player, was also seriously injured in the same shooting.

Barre had recently moved to Pullman and planned to enroll at WSU. His roommate, George Melvin Harris III, was arrested early in the investigation on a felony second-degree assault charge and released on bond after claiming he had been jumped and fired his concealed gun in self-defense. After an extensive Pullman Police Department inquiry, the Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office filed a first-degree manslaughter charge against Harris in June 2024 and court proceedings are pending.

What did readers in Pullman or anyone who attended that College Hill party notice that night or in the days afterward that might help clarify what happened?