Raymond Keith Martinez, 51, was fatally shot outside a West Monroe, Louisiana gas station on December 4, 2014, after an encounter with West Monroe Police Officer Jody Ledoux. Officer Ledoux responded to a complaint that Martinez was behaving unruly inside the store. According to the police report, Ledoux said he saw Martinez reach into his jacket, then fired multiple times after Martinez allegedly disobeyed commands and reached into a nearby trashcan for an object the officer believed was a gun. Four bullets struck Martinez; he was later pronounced dead at Glenwood Regional Medical Center.

Employees at the gas station said the item in the trashcan appeared to be a cell phone, and a witness who said Martinez had been staying with him told local news Martinez did not own a gun. A jury later found Officer Ledoux not guilty of negligent homicide. The victim’s family filed a civil wrongful death suit against Ledoux, West Monroe Police Chief Jeff Terrell, and the West Monroe Police Department. Did anyone at the gas station or in the neighborhood see what happened that day or know Raymond Martinez?