William Poindexter was 45 when he was shot and killed on a street in East Central Spokane, Washington, on the morning of July 21, 2015. A dispute with his girlfriend outside a residence on Altamont Street drew the attention of 27-year-old Edward Bushnell, who intervened. A physical fight followed; Poindexter was reportedly carrying a bat and Bushnell had a knife. After the fight appeared to end and Poindexter and his girlfriend began to walk away, Bushnell pulled a .22-caliber pistol from his backpack and fired three times, striking Poindexter twice in the back. Poindexter was taken to a hospital and died of his wounds.

Bushnell was arrested at the scene and charged, initially with second-degree murder and later with first-degree murder. He claimed he acted in self-defense. In May 2017 a jury acquitted Bushnell of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and first-degree manslaughter. The acquittal, by an all-white jury in the death of a Black man, prompted protests and a March for Racial Justice organized in Poindexter’s honor.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember the confrontation on Altamont Street that morning?