On the morning of November 13, 2019, 51-year-old Ricardo Ortiz was walking his dog near Linwood Boulevard and Charlotte Street in Kansas City, Missouri when he encountered someone apparently trying to break into his Chevrolet Suburban. Ortiz called his wife shortly before the shooting to say he was following an individual who had just broken into his vehicle. Officers responding to a medical call found Ortiz in the street with a gunshot wound to his leg; he was taken to a hospital and later died of that injury. Investigators observed the rear driver’s side window of Ortiz’s SUV shattered and the steering column tampered with.

Police identified 25-year-old Malcolm P. Weston as the primary suspect after reviewing surveillance footage and released images of a subject of interest. Weston was arrested eight days after the shooting and charged by the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office with second-degree felony murder, two counts of armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, and property damage. He was also facing separate charges tied to an unrelated carjacking at the time of his initial apprehension.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see Ortiz following the suspect that morning or notice activity around that Suburban?