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Thayer Thomas Summers, a 30-year-old Black man known for his Family over Everything motto, was found mortally wounded in an alley in the 900 block of Virginia Street in Lafayette, Indiana, on March 2, 2018. Officers arrived at about 7:10 a.m. and discovered Summers with a gunshot wound to the chest; he was taken to St. Elizabeth East Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators say the shooting was the result of a setup intended to facilitate a robbery. Court documents and police identified 22-year-old Brooke Stichter as a key figure alleged to have lured Summers to the secluded alley; she was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with the homicide. Police also focused on a possible shooter, naming Curtis Stewart as a primary suspect; officers recovered a small-caliber handgun from him and questioned him, but no charges had been filed against him at that time as authorities continued their investigation.

Are there witnesses or local residents who remember activity in the 900 block of Virginia Street that morning who can help clarify what happened?