Waltequaries Evans was 25 when he was fatally shot in Rochester, New York, on the evening of Sunday, December 12, 2021. He had been near the School #17 playground on Orchard Street when an argument escalated and he was shot. Evans was taken in a private vehicle to the University of Rochester Medical Center but did not survive his injuries.

Rochester Police identified the case as the city’s 80th homicide of 2021 and arrested 21-year-old Derrick Gunter in connection with the shooting. Gunter, who had lived in Rochester previously and was from Florida at the time of his arrest, was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Authorities said the shooting arose from a dispute between Gunter and Evans; the precise nature of their relationship was not immediately clear. The case was presented to a grand jury.

Evans had survived a previous childhood tragedy: in 2012 he escaped a Grape Street arson by jumping from a second-story window and suffered serious burns; four children died in that fire. Does anyone have information about Evans that could shed light on his life or the events of December 12?