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On May 1, 2017, 37-year-old Nicholaus Kling of Benton Harbor was shot and killed at the intersection of Red Arrow Highway and Benton Center Road in Benton Charter Township. Kling approached a stopped car where his recent ex-girlfriend and her new partner, 22-year-old Derrick Bailey, were inside. Court testimony described Kling as approaching the passenger side and beginning to punch Bailey; Bailey, who was armed, shot Kling three times in the face and chest. Kling died at the scene.

Bailey was arrested and charged with open murder, carrying a concealed weapon, and a felony firearm charge. His defense claimed self-defense; an open murder charge allowed the jury to consider both first- and second-degree murder. In October 2017 a Berrien County jury acquitted Bailey of murder but convicted him of carrying a concealed weapon.

Does anyone have information about Kling’s movements that day or witnesses who were at that intersection?