Mario Anthony Figueroa, a 48-year-old resident of Redlands, California, was shot to death on the morning of March 15, 2017, in Highland, California. He was found unresponsive in the roadway near 6th Street and Central Avenue with an apparent gunshot wound after being shot while getting out of his vehicle, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators later identified Kenneth Scott Welch, 37, of Redlands, as a suspect and charged him with murder in connection with Figueroa’s death. Authorities say Welch followed Figueroa’s vehicle from the Rialto area to Highland; the case was investigated as part of a wider probe into a series of violent crimes in the Inland Empire.

The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear. Does anyone have information about Figueroa, his movements that morning, or what led up to the shooting?