Kervin Lee Garcia was 28 when he was shot dead outside his South Franklin Street apartment in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on December 7, 2017. According to reports, two people approached him at about 9:50 p.m. and fired a single shot that struck him in the neck and face. He was taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and later pronounced dead; the Luzerne County Coroner ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the head.

The apartment building where the shooting occurred is described as a troubled location with frequent police activity. Garcia had recent legal troubles, including guilty pleas to disorderly conduct and simple assault the year before his death; one incident involved a confrontation with a Luzerne County Children and Youth Services caseworker who had come to take custody of his children after a failed drug test.

No arrests have been reported and the two assailants fled on foot and remain unidentified. Does anyone have information about that South Franklin Street area on December 7, 2017, or about people who might have seen movement near the building that night?