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On the night of August 12, 2011, a dispute over a loud stereo on the 1700 block of South State Avenue in Indianapolis ended in gunfire. Around 1:30 a.m., witnesses say an argument between 37-year-old Mary Swift and Edward Lay escalated when Lay drew a handgun and shot Swift multiple times. When 33-year-old Kelly Lynn Cooper Jinks and 40-year-old Ronald Kortz II tried to intervene, Lay fired on them as well.

Kelly Lynn Cooper Jinks and Mary Swift were pronounced dead at the scene. Kortz was taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital in critical but stable condition and required surgery. Officers on patrol heard the shots, pursued Lay a short distance from the scene and arrested him. He was charged with two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and being a serious violent felon in possession of a firearm.

What does anyone who remembers that night or knew Kelly, Mary or Ronald recall about the neighborhood or the people involved?