On the night of April 13, 2013, a party at A&E Auto Repair in Machipongo, Virginia, turned deadly. Around 2:00 a.m. a fight broke out after an apparently intoxicated Jessie Leon Jordan, 23, head-butted Devon Thomas Blake. During the scuffle the lights went out and a single gunshot was fired; Jordan was shot, beaten, and later taken by a neighbor to Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital, where he died. Jordan was engaged to his high school sweetheart and was described as a good father.

Investigators arrested three men from Tasley, Virginia, within two weeks: Devon Thomas Blake, Durell Marion Fitchett, and Deleon Kinte Fitchett. They were charged with offenses that included Malicious Assault by Mob with Intent to Maim, Disfigure, or Kill, and second-degree murder. Court filings show the charges were later handled differently: Durell Marion Fitchett entered a no-contest plea to second-degree murder with other mob and gang charges dropped; Deleon Kinte Fitchett pleaded guilty to malicious wounding with some charges dropped; Devon Thomas Blake’s charges were reduced to misdemeanor assault and battery and he was released on bond.

What details about that night or these individuals might help clarify how the fight escalated to a fatal shooting?