On February 8, 2006, 26-year-old Donsha Jones, known as Payday, was shot and killed inside a North Reisner Avenue home in Indianapolis. Jones and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Tiffany Farral, returned to the residence late on the night of February 7 after running errands with Farral’s cousin. Two men who had been lying in wait inside the house opened fire; both Jones and Farral were struck multiple times. Jones was pronounced dead at the scene. Farral was taken to Methodist Hospital in critical condition and later died. Farral’s three young children were in the home but were not physically injured.

Investigators traced the attack to a months-long feud that began in October 2005 after Jones fought with a man identified as Antonio Putman, known as Memphis, who accused Jones of attempting a robbery. Police say Putman and an associate, Brian Freeman, planned and carried out the ambush; a blue sedan seen near the scene was linked to Putman. Both men were arrested and charged with two counts of murder and carrying a handgun without a license. At trial in April 2008, a jury convicted both defendants; the convictions and sentences were affirmed on appeal in 2009.

Are there readers who remember the October 2005 confrontation or saw a blue sedan near North Reisner Avenue that winter?