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Damien Lamont Hairston, 27, was shot and killed on the evening of Sunday, January 26, 2020, in the parking lot of the True Gospel Baptist Church on Salem Highway in Stuart, Virginia. He suffered a single gunshot wound; the church was not holding services and the location had been used as a prearranged meeting spot.

Investigators say the meeting had been set up as a drug transaction and that Hairston, 19-year-old Acya Danelle Hagen and a 17-year-old juvenile planned to rob the other party. The opposing group reportedly included 18-year-old Lonnie Deandre Reynolds, 18-year-old Jermaine Jay Davis Penn Jr., and 20-year-old Stephen Coby Gravely. Shots were exchanged after the groups met, and the first shot was reportedly fired from the vehicle carrying Reynolds and Penn.

In the days after the shooting five people were arrested. Reynolds and Penn were charged with second-degree murder and multiple firearm offenses; Hagen and the juvenile face robbery- and drug-related charges; Gravely was charged with possession with intent to distribute. Multiple local and state agencies worked the investigation.

Did anyone witness the meeting or the shooting that night who can add details about what happened?