Luis Angel Diaz was a three-year-old Hispanic boy killed on the afternoon of September 28, 2023, while buckled into his car seat in his mother’s vehicle in Cleveland, Ohio. The shooting occurred around 2:20 p.m. near West 66th Street and Denison Avenue. Luis, his mother, and his 11-month-old sibling were inside the car when gunfire erupted; Luis was struck in the back and later died at MetroHealth Medical Center. A 31-year-old man standing outside the car was also wounded and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators determined the attack grew out of a neighborhood dispute. Authorities say a woman named Katherine Treadway called on others to retaliate; her boyfriend, Juan Davis, arrived and served as the getaway driver for Devonte Parker and Jayden Sorensen, who opened fire on the Diaz family’s vehicle with firearms including a rifle. Police identified and arrested Treadway, Davis, Parker, and Sorensen in connection with the shooting.

Luis is remembered as a bright, energetic child who loved chips, sizzling bacon, Hot Wheels, and the cartoon Octonauts, and as an adored older brother to baby Ezequiel. Does anyone in the area remember seeing the family that afternoon or have information about the neighborhood dispute?