A long-simmering neighbor dispute in an apartment complex in Henrico, Virginia, ended in a fatal shooting in the autumn of 2017. The victim, 41-year-old James B. Thomas, lived at the Abbington at Creighton. Neighbors had complained of noise and other domestic disturbances, and tensions between Thomas and his neighbor Dyrrin Da’Marlo Washington had been escalating for some time.

On the evening of October 15, 2017, the two men argued. During that confrontation Washington produced a firearm and shot Thomas multiple times; Thomas was pronounced dead at the scene. Washington was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. At trial the defense said Washington acted out of fear for his life; the prosecution described a pattern of hostile encounters culminating in an unjustified killing. The jury acquitted Washington on both charges.

Did anyone around the Abbington at Creighton in 2017 notice the dispute between these neighbors or have details about what led up to the October 15 confrontation?