On the evening of February 1, 1992, in Richmond, Virginia, 26-year-old Torrick L. Brown was shot in the upper body inside an apartment and died from his wounds. The same attack critically wounded his sister, Martha McCoy, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds to her stomach and arms; her 7-year-old son was also the subject of an attempted murder charge against one of the suspects.

Reports from the scene describe a planned assault. Three men named in connection with the incident — James Henry Roane Jr., Cory Johnson, and an accomplice identified only as Thomas — allegedly knocked, asked for Brown, and then opened fire with semi-automatic weapons when he appeared. Prosecutors brought murder and attempted murder charges against Roane and Johnson for their roles in the shooting.

What details about that night or these individuals might help explain how the attack was organized or who else had knowledge of it?