Sixteen-year-old Junior Diaz was fatally shot on June 29, 2023, at the Carriage House Apartments in Odessa, Texas. He had been visiting from North Carolina and was in a vehicle in the complex parking lot when three people approached; surveillance footage shows two of them, identified as 18-year-old Kannin Shorter and a 16-year-old known as K-SO, opening fire into the vehicle. Diaz was killed and three others were wounded.

Investigators linked the shooting to an illegal firearm transaction. By mid-July 2023 K-SO had been arrested and charged with capital murder; a third suspect, 18-year-old Jayven Landerth, also known as gocraazyjdot, was arrested while receiving hospital treatment and admitted to attempting the illegal purchase. K-SO was later identified as Akias Kwentae Clarrett, indicted as an adult on capital murder and multiple aggravated-assault counts, and transferred to adult custody after turning 17. Shorter was taken into custody in September 2023; substantial bonds were set for Shorter and Landerth.

The family sought help with funeral expenses after the unexpected death. Does anyone have information about Diaz, his whereabouts in Odessa that week, or details about the transaction that led to this shooting?