On the evening of May 23, 2020, Christopher DeAndre Roberts, 23, was fatally shot outside the Safeway at 9262 Rainier Avenue South in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood. Roberts was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. Another man, Christopher Wilson, was also killed in the same shooting.

Witnesses said the shooting began after a verbal argument about a gang escalated. According to those accounts the shooter pulled out a handgun and opened fire; prosecutors later stated that neither Roberts nor Wilson were the intended targets. Investigators identified and arrested a suspect, who was charged with two counts of second-degree murder; witness identification from a photo lineup and messages sent after the shooting were among the materials mentioned in court filings.

What details about that night or the people involved have not been made public that might help explain how a dispute turned deadly?