On the evening of Friday, December 9, 2022, 30-year-old James Jeffrey Diggs Jr. of Lititz, Pennsylvania, was shot and killed near Ruby Street and Prangley Avenue in Lancaster. Police found Diggs with multiple gunshot wounds; a trail of blood led to a house on the 400 block of Ruby Street where a teenager was discovered shot multiple times and taken to hospital in stable condition.

Investigators say the shooting occurred during a botched robbery over a stolen handgun. Diggs and two Lancaster men, Luis Javier Rivera and Jorge Luis Santiago, had arranged to meet a 17-year-old under the pretense of trading a gun but intended to steal the weapon. During a physical struggle Diggs shot the juvenile twice; the juvenile then fired the stolen handgun, striking Diggs five times. Authorities concluded the juvenile acted in self-defense and did not charge him. Rivera and Santiago were later charged with multiple counts including aggravated assault and robbery.

Does anyone have information about the meeting on Ruby Street or the events that evening?