Brandon Keith Jackson, 24, was shot dead in his Elkhart, Indiana, apartment on June 23, 2016. Police found his body inside the unit on the 200 block of West Garfield Avenue after responding to reports of a shooting; the front door was ajar. Investigators say the killing grew out of a planned robbery hatched the day before, after a group arranged to buy marijuana from Jackson and then rob him.

Court documents identify Tyrell Beavers as the shooter; he told authorities he fired when Jackson tried to reach for his own gun. Beavers was charged with murder, pleaded guilty in October 2016, and in November 2016 was sentenced to 45 years. Other people charged in connection with the robbery included Shyla Southern, who pleaded guilty to aiding an armed robbery and received 14 years; Danisha Sarll, the getaway driver, who was sentenced to three years plus seven years probation on a robbery-while-armed count; Joemongee White, who faced a murder warrant; and Kei’Shawn Chew, also implicated in the plan. A vigil was held for Jackson—did anyone in Elkhart know him or see activity around West Garfield Avenue in June 2016?