A disagreement in Petersburg, Virginia, turned deadly on the afternoon of June 6, 2021. Around 3 p.m. two men exchanged gunfire; 74-year-old Willie Noise III was pronounced dead at the scene and the other man, 52-year-old Jimmy Methodist, was wounded and taken to a local hospital. Methodist’s injuries were first described as life-threatening but were later reported as non-life-threatening; after treatment he was taken into custody.

Authorities charged Methodist with murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and discharging a firearm in the commission of a felony; he was held without bond pending court. The victim’s niece, Melanie Noise, said the shooting grew out of a dispute between her uncle and the suspect and others who were present. No further details about the disagreement have been released.

Did anyone see or hear anything at that time and place that might explain what started the dispute?