Michael Ray West, 48, was fatally shot while working the early morning shift at the Casey’s convenience store at 111 N. Third Avenue in Marshalltown, Iowa. The shooting occurred around 3:07 a.m. on February 15, 2021; officers who arrived found West had died from a gunshot wound. West lived in Marshalltown, worked full time at JBS Swift Meat Company and part time at Casey’s, was originally from Kansas City, Missouri, and was a father of eight who was active in his church.

The Marshalltown Police Department, assisted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, executed a search warrant the same day at a home in the 700 block of Bromley Street and identified a suspect. Twenty-year-old Rocky Dean Trujillo of Marshalltown was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree robbery, going armed with intent, assault with intent to inflict serious injury, and trafficking in stolen weapons. The case deeply affected the local community and West’s family.

Did anyone who knew Michael or worked at that Casey’s shift notice anything unusual that night or have information about the events leading up to the shooting?