On July 4, 2020, 27-year-old Jose Melendez of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot at Trout Creek Park after a heated argument that began with a minor car accident. According to reports, the other driver, identified as 24-year-old Kenith Otero-Ruiz, fired multiple rounds from a .357-caliber handgun as Melendez tried to crawl to safety behind his car. Melendez was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill, where he died later that day.

Otero-Ruiz fled to Puerto Rico after the shooting and was arrested there 10 days later; he was extradited to Pennsylvania to face charges. Court filings say he pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and related offenses, including possessing the gun without a license and fleeing from police, and was sentenced in September 2022.

Does anyone have information about the minutes leading up to the argument at Trout Creek Park or witnesses who saw the dispute escalate?