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Kevin Espinal, a 22-year-old Hispanic man, was pronounced dead at Florida Hospital Apopka on December 27, 2015, after a violent confrontation at a house on Mason Drive in Apopka, Florida. He and a group went to the home to retrieve money they said had been stolen from them the day before.

The group surrounded the house and confronted a man inside. Three of the men left, but Phuc M. Nguyen, 19, fired shots into the dwelling, and someone inside returned fire. Espinal and Nguyen fled in a gray Camaro, reportedly continuing to shoot at the house; Espinal was hit in the head and later taken to the hospital by his brothers, where he died. Investigators say Nguyen had been contacted the day before to assist in recovering the stolen money and that he later attempted to clean blood from his car and dispose of a gun.

Nguyen was arrested and charged with attempted murder, shooting into a dwelling, and tampering with evidence; he later pled no contest to second-degree felony murder and shooting from a vehicle and received a 20-year sentence. The person who fired the shot that killed Espinal was not charged on the grounds of self-defense during the attempted robbery. Does anyone have information about the events on Mason Drive that night or about the people involved?