On October 19, 2019, 36-year-old Joshua Lamot Flinn was shot and killed outside a Phillips 66 convenience store on North Lafayette Boulevard in South Bend, Indiana. Surveillance footage and witness accounts show Flinn had a verbal argument with another patron inside the store. That man left but then waited outside; when Flinn came out, the man opened fire and struck Flinn multiple times. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert found Flinn suffering from gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

An airsoft toy gun was recovered from Flinn’s waistband and noted in police reports as not a functional firearm. Investigators released surveillance images; a companion of the shooter later identified Raymond Dotson Jr. as the gunman and provided a statement. Dotson turned himself in and was charged with murder; he pleaded guilty and was scheduled for sentencing in December 2020. Flinn’s family remembered him as a loving father of four who had been working to rebuild his life and hoped to pursue acting.

Is there anyone who knew Joshua or who saw him at the gas station that night who can share what happened?