Joseph West was 20 and lived in Pittsburg, California when he was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Atlantic Plaza shopping center on February 22, 2017. He and his girlfriend were there because their car had broken down and they were waiting for a mechanic. West had told his girlfriend earlier that he had robbed a man present in the same parking lot.

Investigators tied the shooting to a heroin deal involving that man, identified as Sam Nazareta, who worked at a nearby Goodwill. According to the case, Nazareta and Christova Topete were implicated in the killing. A witness granted immunity testified about the heroin transaction and the events leading up to the shooting; prosecutors say the encounter was essentially chance and the suspects sought retribution for the earlier robbery. Topete was arrested on suspicion of murder and Nazareta turned himself in; both pleaded not guilty and were ordered to stand trial.

Does anyone have information about Joseph’s final evening or about activity in the Atlantic Plaza lot that night?