Austin Peters, a 22-year-old white man, was shot to death on December 10, 2017, on the 700 block of First Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Peters was found on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. Surveillance footage showed him walking with 25-year-old Raymond Torres for about an hour before the shooting; the video captured Torres firing a handgun into the air and later racking the slide on a pistol two blocks from the scene.

Prosecutors described the killing as execution-style. According to the prosecution, Torres shot Peters three times at close range—once from behind just below the ear and twice more while Peters lay on his back. There were no defensive wounds. A witness later told police Torres had spoken about shooting a white guy. Torres was charged, convicted by a Lancaster County jury of first-degree murder, and faced a mandatory life sentence to be imposed by Judge Merrill Spahn Jr. on December 27, 2018. The motive for the killing remains unknown.

If anyone knew Austin, saw him that evening, or has information about what led to this killing, please come forward.