On the afternoon of Monday, February 27, 2017, 35-year-old Bryan Kage Garcia of Scarborough was found dead in his car on Chadwick Street near Carroll Street in Portland’s West End. A 911 call around 2:15 p.m. reported a man slumped over in the front seat; Garcia was pronounced dead at the scene and his death was quickly ruled a homicide. Some reports indicated he had been shot, though police have not publicly detailed the specific manner of death.

Known to friends as Kage, Garcia was a musician who had moved from California and was described as caring and part of a close social circle in Maine. He also had a significant, public criminal history, including a conviction for sexual abuse of a minor that required lifetime sex-offender registration, and multiple drug and firearm charges; friends said the sexual-abuse conviction stemmed from what they called a misunderstanding about a consensual relationship.

Can anyone who knew Garcia or who was in the West End on February 27, 2017, help with information for investigators?