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A private party at Wolfe Enterprises on East Main Street in Jackson, Tennessee, ended in gunfire shortly after 3:00 a.m. on April 28, 2013. An argument in the parking lot escalated to shots; when police arrived they found two men with apparent gunshot wounds. One was 31-year-old Brian Jontez Banes. He and 31-year-old Delandis Cortez Clark were taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Two other attendees, a 32-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, were also shot but survived after getting to the hospital by personal vehicles.

The Jackson Police Department identified a suspect within weeks. On May 8, 2013, the Gang Task Force arrested 31-year-old Anthony Montrell Swift and charged him with two counts of first-degree murder. Swift was found in possession of a loaded .45 caliber revolver and extra ammunition, though it was not immediately confirmed whether that firearm was the murder weapon. Travontay Tremont Berry was present that morning, admitted to firing his gun into the air during the altercation, later disposed of his weapon, and was convicted of tampering with evidence and carrying a firearm with intent to go armed.

Are there witnesses or attendees from that party who can add details about what sparked the argument or who fired first?