During the ensuing melée on Dec. 9, 2023, Gray, now 24, shot and killed Keelin Woods, 26. He stood trial this week in Allen Superior Court for murder, attempted murder and using a firearm in the commission of a crime. The jury, after about three hours of deliberation, found him not guilty. They agreed he acted in self defense. 

Two PODs involved in the construction still sit in the parking lot, a kind of funereal monument. That’s where Woods went down, according to court testimony and a probable cause affidavit written by detective Geraud Bartels.