A midday shooting at a Petersburg gas station turned fatal on Sunday, October 25, 2020. Around 12:35 p.m., police found 30-year-old Martaz D. Thompson inside a car at the Marathon station on the 1900 block of Boydton Plank Road; he had suffered fatal gunshot wounds. The city had been dealing with a recent surge in gun violence, and Thompson’s death added to that toll.

Thomaz — born July 6, 1990 — was a Petersburg native, a father of three who attended local public schools and worked at a Wendy’s. Authorities arrested a suspect less than 12 hours after the shooting: 25-year-old Isaiah Rashad Friend was charged with murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and was being held without bond.

Did anyone in the Petersburg area see or hear anything at the Marathon station around midday on October 25, 2020?