A late-night dispute in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood on September 3, 2016, ended with 41-year-old Hyson Sabb shot and later dying at a hospital. Police responded to reports of shots fired around 10 p.m. in the 1500 block of South L Street and found Sabb wounded in a yard. He had eloped with his wife just two weeks earlier and they shared a child; his family described hearing the gunfire and believed an altercation led to the shooting.

Investigators later identified 50-year-old Yancy Ray as the primary suspect. Prosecutors said the confrontation began when a woman offered to help Ray with a drug transaction, Sabb intervened, and an argument followed. Ray allegedly left, returned with a gun, and shot Sabb before fleeing. Ray turned himself in 18 days later and was charged with second-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. The defense argued self-defense, saying Sabb had assaulted and robbed Ray and that Ray returned after his gun jammed; the prosecution said Ray was the aggressor. A Pierce County jury convicted Ray of second-degree murder.

Does anyone have information about the events that night or remember seeing activity on South L Street around 10 p.m. on September 3, 2016?