On the evening of July 29, 2015, Montravis Johnson, a 21-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Milwaukee near South 21st Street and Greenfield Avenue. Johnson was with his mother and they were heading to a corner store when they were confronted; an altercation followed and Johnson was struck by a single gunshot that entered his jaw and exited the back of his neck. He was pronounced dead at the scene despite life-saving efforts by police and firefighters, and a medical examiner later recorded the single gunshot wound as the cause of death.

Two suspects, 18-year-old Nathan Binns and 17-year-old Dale Hall, were arrested shortly after the shooting. Officers investigating an abandoned home a block away heard the shot, saw the two running from that direction, and took them into custody after a brief foot chase; a .357 magnum revolver was recovered. According to the criminal complaint, the motive was robbery: Binns allegedly said they planned to rob someone for money and marijuana after seeing Johnson flashing money, and Hall told police they intended to scare Johnson into handing it over. Binns was charged with first-degree reckless homicide and attempted armed robbery; Hall faced felony murder and felony bail-jumping counts.

What details about the confrontation or about Johnson’s movements that evening might help clarify what happened prior to the shooting?