Late morning on August 2, 2023, Johan G. Parra Rodriguez, 31, was found dead next to a parked vehicle on the 400 block of St. Joseph Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the victim of a gunshot wound to the back. He was Dominican and was discovered just before noon after what investigators say began as an attempted robbery.

Surveillance footage captured two people dressed in black with handguns concealed in their sweatshirts approaching the vehicle and fleeing afterward. Police identified those two as 18-year-old Jayziah Echevarria and 15-year-old Jomar Santos. Officers located both at a residence on the 500 block of West Vine Street and recovered three 9mm handguns plus two black sweatshirts matching the video.

According to statements made to investigators, Santos initiated a plot to feign a marijuana purchase so he could rob the vehicle’s occupants; the plan escalated and Santos fired the fatal shot. Both suspects were charged as adults with criminal homicide, robbery and firearms offenses. Does anyone have information about Parra Rodriguez’s movements that morning or remembers seeing the vehicle on St. Joseph Street?