Shamar Barnes was 19 when he was shot in the chest at a Marathon gas station on South Main Street in Elkhart, Indiana, on Friday, February 5, 2021. Born May 23, 2001, in Three Rivers, Michigan, he had graduated from Three Rivers Community Schools in 2019 and participated in DECA, football, basketball and track. He is remembered as a happy, bubbly jokester and an attentive older brother.

Investigators identified 26-year-old Darius K. Thomas of Middlebury as the alleged shooter based on security camera footage and witness statements; a murder warrant was issued for Thomas on February 8, 2021. Thomas fled the state and was located by U.S. Marshals and local fugitive teams at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 4, 2021. He was taken into custody without incident, extradited to Elkhart County, and a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf with a preliminary jury trial set for August 30, 2021.

Did anyone who knew Shamar or who was in that area on February 5 have information that could still help clarify what happened?