A late-night argument among housemates in Sumter, South Carolina, ended in a fatal shooting on May 15, 2017. Thirty-five-year-old David Jensen Battilana was found in the backyard of his Belk Street home with a gunshot wound and was transported to Palmetto Health Tuomey, where he later died.

Two other people lived at the residence, including 25-year-old Channing Aaron Pack. Police say an altercation among the three residents preceded the shooting. Officers arriving about 11:30 p.m. found Pack and another witness at the scene; Pack was taken into custody and charged with Battilana’s murder and booked at the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center. Initial reports describe the shooting as the direct result of the earlier argument.

Are there readers who knew David Battilana or who have information about what happened that night?