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On the evening of April 12, 2021, Maurice Burgess, a 36-year-old African American man, was riding a bicycle in the parking lot of the Waterstone Apartments near South Peoria Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was shot and killed. Burgess was found on the ground near his bicycle with gunshot wounds and no weapon was found on or near him. Witnesses reported a red four-door Nissan Altima leaving the scene, and surveillance footage later showed a vehicle with distinct damage on its front passenger-side bumper trailing Burgess just before he fell from his bicycle.

Investigators identified two men connected to the vehicle: Devon Blevins, then 29, and Jacob Bruce Banks, 22. Police say Blevins, a passenger in the Altima, opened fire in an attempt to prove himself to the Savage Boys street gang; he later told detectives he believed Burgess was reaching for a handgun and also admitted he fired to make the shooting look impressive so Banks would approve his entry. Banks was the driver. Reports say both men were armed that day.

Did anyone in the Waterstone Apartments area that night see the red Altima or notice anything unusual about its front passenger-side bumper?