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Courtney Weatherbune reporting
Kenneth Dobson always hung out under this Raccoon Street house with his friends. He would drop by, have a few drinks and play dominoes. But last night, this space that brought him and his friends so much joy and laughter is now tainted with his blood.

Dobson better known as "Fudgie" was shot and killed around 7:30.

Reports are that the gunman walked through this gate up to Dobson and shot him several times. Dobson apparently tried to fight him off but he couldn't.

He then tried to run away but collapsed here. Not too long after, Dobson's sister got the shocking call.

Voice of: Sister
"The dynamites are exploding and all kinds of things are happening around but we are not paying any attention to it until my phone rang and when my phone rang they told me to come because Fudgie got shot and I asked where? and they said right here by Ralph's, so I got up and I went and when I went out there I saw him on the ground and I spoke to the lady and I told her I am his family member and I want to see him because I do not believe it."

Dobson's friends say that 3 other men also emerged and finished him off as he lay here on the ground, then the attackers all sped off in a car.

Now according to Dobson's family and friends everything should have been caught on this store's surveillance camera. But when we asked police about that footage today, they shut us down.

Daniel Ortiz, 7News
"Are you able to say if surveillance footage from the business place in the near vicinity could assist in any kind of way with this investigation?"

ACP Chester Williams, OC, Eastern Division South
"I don't think you expect me to say that, to answer that question."

Daniel Ortiz, 7News
"Have you all collected-"

ACP Chester Williams
"I don't think you expect me to answer that question."

And while police were not able to disclose any direct motive, it is believed that Dobson's murder is connected to his run-ins with the law. Dobson was acquitted of a murder charge in 2015. He spent almost 4 years on remand.

Daniel Ortiz, 7News
"Do you all believe that something connected to his past may have caused his death?"

ACP Chester Williams
"When we do criminal investigations as an investigator, you must always investigate with an open mind. And, most naturally, the police will have to look into his past to see if anything there that may be able to assist the police in furthering their investigation. So, I cannot say at this time, yes, but his past is being looked into as a part of the investigative process."

Dubson's sister also admits that his past might have crept up on him. She says she has been trying to protect and advise him but there is only so much she could have done.

Voice of: Sister
"A long time they have wanted to kill him."

Courtney Weatherbune, 7News
"Because of his past?"

Voice of: Sister
"Yes because of his past, we told him, Fudgie don't let down your guard out there, he would always tell us that he is blessed."

Courtney Weatherbune, 7News
"And yesterday you were telling him, or waning him not to go out."

Voice of: Sister
"We were telling him yesterday that people are using the dynamite to cover up the gunshot. Why are you going out there to give up your head? That is what we were telling him like as a joke, not knowing that at the end of the night, that is what would have happened to him. They killed him and I hope they are happy. That's all I could say, because it's not like anyone could say - the whole area back here from Boulevard come all the way back here could tell you, "Fudgie" did disrespect anybody. He was always grinning as usual, because that is him. He was a laughter person. He was always in his own way, but never disrespected anyone. He went to jail and he ask God for whatever they say he did, he pray and he came out."

Dobson was accused of the 2011 killing of Erwin Staine. He was acquitted after almost 4 years on remand. He leaves behind his siblings.