Manuel Mukes IV was 23 and from the New Orleans area when he was shot in downtown Riverside in the early morning of August 18, 2019. He was found shortly after 2 a.m. near the intersection of Mission Inn Avenue and Orange Street after a confrontation in the entertainment district as bars and clubs were closing. Mukes was taken to a nearby hospital and died a few hours later.

Riverside police linked the case to a suspect in Los Angeles and on September 6, 2019 arrested 22-year-old Daniel Keith Bowman; an associate, 25-year-old Deshean Jackson of Carson, was also taken into custody around the same time on a parole violation connected to the investigation. Bowman was charged with murder and facing sentence-enhancing allegations for using a gun; prosecutors said the gun had not been recovered and described Bowman as an admitted member of a criminal street gang. A judge denied bail and both men were held without bail.

Is there anyone who remembers seeing Mukes in Riverside that night or who has information about the confrontation near Mission Inn Avenue and Orange Street?