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Israel Diego Pascual was 14 when he was shot and killed on the evening of Monday, September 13, 2021, outside the Duck River Laundry in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He was a freshman at Shelbyville Central High School and had been doing laundry with his family; surveillance footage inside the laundromat captured him sharing a final hug with his mother and saying I love you mom before the shooting.

Investigators say the killing was a case of mistaken identity. Authorities identified Horatio Lewis Rice as the suspected shooter and allege he misidentified Pascual as his intended target. Rice and his girlfriend, Tiffany Dawn Taylor, fled the state, reportedly spray-painting their vehicle and hiding at a hotel in Tunica, Mississippi. U.S. Marshals arrested both on September 17, 2021, and they were extradited to Bedford County, Tennessee.

Rice was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and being a felon in possession of a weapon and was held without bond. Taylor was charged with accessory after the fact. Reports say Rice later confessed to the shooting during interviews with Shelbyville police.

Did anyone in Shelbyville see Israel that evening or have information about the moments before the shooting?