On June 20, 2015, a violent confrontation in Elkhart, Indiana, ended with 38-year-old Tommie Lee Strowder shot and later pronounced dead. Tyson allegedly held Strowder and a woman at gunpoint, demanding return of a particular handgun or $300 for their release. Strowder was permitted to make a phone call to get the money, then tried to flee; as he ran from the apartment, Tyson reportedly fired, striking him in the torso.

Police found Strowder near South Fifth and Marion Streets and he was taken to a hospital, where he died. Tyson was arrested in August 2016 and charged with murder and criminal confinement. At trial the jury acquitted him of criminal confinement but convicted him of murder; in March 2017 he received a 63-year prison sentence. Does anyone have additional information about Strowder’s life or the events that day that could help clarify what happened?