On the morning of March 30, 2021, 31-year-old Jonathen Blake Kohler, a White male, was in the driver’s seat of his 1994 Ford Mustang at a motel parking lot in Bristol, Virginia, when officers responded to reports of shots fired. Bristol Police Officer Johnathan Brown fired at Kohler’s vehicle; Kohler was fatally wounded and died at the scene.

A grand jury later indicted Officer Johnathan Brown on murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and shooting into an occupied vehicle. At trial the prosecution said Brown’s actions were overly aggressive, while the defense said Brown reasonably believed Kohler’s vehicle was a threat. After a weeklong trial the jury deliberated under two hours and acquitted Brown of all charges, a verdict Kohler’s family found profoundly disappointing.

Did anyone in Bristol see the Mustang or the interaction in that motel parking lot on March 30, 2021?