Devon M. Gipson, 24, was shot and killed during a confrontation on Naval Avenue in Bremerton, Washington, on August 31, 2019. Officers responding to the 1600 block found Gipson with a fatal gunshot wound. A knife was reported to have been in Gipson’s possession and was believed to be a factor in the altercation. The two men involved were reportedly strangers to one another.

A 23-year-old suspect was arrested and booked into the Kitsap County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder. Prosecutors later reviewed the investigation and, citing an inability to disprove the suspect’s claim of self-defense, chose not to file murder charges; the suspect was released. Gipson’s family and friends remembered him as a hardworking, adventurous Bremerton High School graduate who had attended Olympic College and worked as a forklift driver, and who loved sports and his family.

Did anyone in the Bremerton community see or hear anything on Naval Avenue that afternoon that might clarify what happened?