In the early morning hours of June 28, 2014, a dispute near 22nd Street and Roanoke Avenue in Newport News, Virginia escalated into a fatal shooting that killed 28-year-old Michael Deon Robinson. Police responded around 2:15 a.m. to reports of a man with gunshot wounds lying in the street; Robinson was taken to a local hospital and died shortly afterward. An autopsy found he had been shot five times. A 41-year-old woman was also injured; her wounds were not life-threatening.

Witnesses described an argument that led to gunfire. They testified that Trudale Devon Terry shot Robinson multiple times, then approached Robinson after he fell and fired additional shots as Robinson pleaded for his life. Afterward Terry allegedly fired at a van holding two women, wounding one in the elbow and grazing her back. Within days police identified Terry as the suspect and obtained warrants accusing him of murder, maiming, and firearm offenses.

Did anyone who knew Michael or was in that neighborhood that night notice anything unusual before the argument began?