On March 30, 2016, 24-year-old Isaiah Whitmore was shot and killed in an alley in Seattle’s Pioneer Square during an incident that also claimed the life of another man, Hersey Purvis. Whitmore suffered four gunshot wounds, including two to the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene; Purvis was struck twice in the chest and later died at Harborview Medical Center.

Investigators tied the shootings to a confrontation earlier that day between Whitmore and Darion Lipsey, who became the suspect. Police say Lipsey, a passenger in a tan Buick sedan, left the car on foot in the 400 block of Second Avenue Extension South; surveillance footage showed a man exiting and returning to the vehicle. Witnesses told police Purvis was not the intended target and moved into the line of fire.

Prosecutors charged Darion Lipsey with two counts of first-degree murder in November 2016. The Buick’s driver later cooperated and testified that she believed Lipsey intended to buy drugs and was unaware of any plan to shoot. Does anyone have information about Whitmore’s movements that morning or about the tan Buick seen near Pioneer Square?