Jose Luis ’Joe’ Lopez was 24 when he was shot three times in his Grand Forks apartment on the morning of Tuesday, June 24, 2014, and later died at a Grand Forks hospital. Born November 24, 1989, in Milwaukee, he grew up in Park River, North Dakota, graduated high school in 2009, attended Northland Technical College in East Grand Forks, and worked as an assembler at Motor Coach Industries in Pembina. He was engaged and the father of one daughter, with another child expected.

Authorities described the killing as a case of mistaken identity. Investigators identified two suspects; one, Delvin Shaw, was arrested, tried, and in June 2015 convicted by a jury of murder and burglary and sentenced to life in prison, though the state Supreme Court later overturned the murder verdict because of improperly admitted testimony and gave him the right to a new trial, with Shaw held without bond in the meantime. Another man charged in connection with the slaying, named Dametrian Welch, and a 29-year-old suspect were also reported to have been apprehended in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Does anyone have information about Joe Lopez, his life in Park River or Grand Forks, or details that could help clarify who may have been responsible?