Jason Michael Heck was 29 when he was shot and killed late May 21–early May 22, 2017, in Kokomo, Indiana. Byars that night to sell what Heck represented as a pistol after a conversation about a drug trade and a recent robbery Byars had suffered. Heck brought an Airsoft BB gun wrapped in black electrical tape to make it appear real and drove his 2009 blue Pontiac G6 to meet Byars.

The men left in Byars’ truck to a nearby United Auto Workers Local 1166 hall, where Byars shot Heck. Heck’s body was found later that day under a picnic pavilion on the UAW property and the death was ruled a homicide. Byars was arrested May 25, 2017, charged with murder and later with felony murder; a jury convicted him and he received a lengthy prison sentence.

Does anyone who knew Jason or who was in the area that night have details that could help clarify what happened?