Tyler William Russell, 24, was shot and killed in Bakersfield, California, on the morning of May 13, 2021. Deputies found him lying in an alley between homes on the 500 block of Acacia Avenue with gunshot wounds to his chest; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man, Kendrick Donnell Watson, was wounded but survived.

Investigators say trouble began that morning when Watson arrived at a residence on Acacia Avenue and allegedly assaulted a woman and possibly the resident’s father. Testimony at a preliminary hearing described surveillance footage showing Watson and Russell arriving in a white van, two Flores cousins on a nearby roof, gunfire from the roof, and five shots fired. Russell was seen running before collapsing; .40-caliber shell casings were recovered from the rooftop. Prosecutors later charged Aron Flores with first-degree murder, alleging he aided and abetted and conspired with his cousin Arthur Flores, who remained a fugitive as of the April 2023 preliminary hearing.

What did anyone in Bakersfield see that morning or know about the people involved that could help clarify how Russell came to be shot?