On the evening of May 11, 2018, 56-year-old Jeffrey W. Kempf was fatally shot in his North Kentucky Avenue neighborhood in Evansville, Indiana. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran and auto mechanic described as tender-hearted, Kempf reportedly went to check on neighbors after hearing gunfire and was killed during a prolonged shooting spree by his 51-year-old neighbor, Barry Freeman.

Freeman, armed with an AR-15 rifle and a shotgun, fired dozens of rounds over about an hour, striking four police vehicles, several houses and two businesses. Investigators believe Freeman mistook Kempf for an officer in the poor lighting; Kempf was the only civilian killed. A detective shot Freeman from about 63 yards; Freeman was wounded, taken into custody and died at a hospital two days later. No trial occurred, and a clear motive was not established, though intoxication was suggested.

Did anyone in the neighborhood know Kempf or notice unusual activity that night?