In the early morning hours of June 6, 2015, 27-year-old Jamal Spratley was shot during a confrontation at a party in Portsmouth, Virginia. Police discovered him about 3:15 a.m. in the 2700 block of Chicago Avenue with a gunshot wound to his upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Portsmouth police identified 33-year-old Raynard Reginald Brown, Jr. as the primary suspect. Brown was captured on June 11, 2015, by U.S. Marshals in Newport News after being found hiding in a house. He was charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Authorities also sought another man, Datavius Junior Harris, as someone who might have information.

At trial Brown raised an insanity defense and a court-appointed forensic clinical psychologist testified he suffered from schizoaffective disorder. The jury rejected first-degree murder and convicted Brown of the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter while acquitting him of the firearm charge. Did anyone at the party or nearby that night see something that could still help explain what happened?