Douglas Jerome Wilson Jr., 37, of Long Beach, California, was shot and killed on the morning of June 22, 2015. Officers who responded to a report of a shooting in the 800 block of Chestnut Avenue found Wilson in the alley behind his apartment with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso; he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 8:51 a.m.

Initial investigators determined Wilson was shot during an altercation in the alleyway. No immediate arrests were made and suspect information was limited at the time. More than two months later, officers stopped a vehicle and identified a passenger as Jorge Luis Rodriguez Cruz, who attempted to flee and was taken into custody; he was subsequently charged with Wilson’s murder.

Wilson’s death underscores the deadly consequences of a brief street confrontation. Does anyone who lived near Chestnut Avenue in June 2015 remember the disturbance that morning or have information about what led up to the shooting?