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A dispute inside Brothers Corner Store in Albany, Georgia, on August 26, 2015, ended in a fatal shootout in the parking lot. The exchange of gunfire involved 35-year-old Richard J. Butler and another man, Arthur Bell. Prosecutors say Butler opened fire first; Bell returned fire and was struck in the kidney. Butler was shot in the head and hand and died at the scene.

Surveillance video captured the entire incident and was shown to a grand jury. The grand jury found Bell acted in self-defense under Georgia’s stand your ground law and declined to file criminal charges against him for Butler’s death. Two other men were later indicted: Richard M. Butler, the cousin of the deceased, on aggravated assault and cocaine trafficking charges for allegedly firing at Bell as he drove away after the shootout; and John Johnson on a tampering with evidence charge for allegedly hiding Bell’s firearm.

If anyone witnessed the argument inside the store or the shooting in the parking lot, or has information about those moments, please share what is known.