On May 18, 2019, at about 1:20 a.m., 18-year-old Matrell Michael Eugene Johnson was shot and killed while sitting in a vehicle in the parking lot of the Iowa Smoke Shop at 70 Kirkwood Court SW in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Johnson and his friend Royal Ceiz Abram, also 18, were both killed when an individual approached their car and fired multiple rounds into the vehicle. Two other teens in the car, a 19-year-old male and a 19-year-old female, were critically injured.

Surveillance footage from the smoke shop showed the shooter leaving a vehicle, firing a handgun into the teenagers’ car, then returning to the same vehicle and fleeing. Cedar Rapids police identified 26-year-old Andre Defaunte Richardson as the primary suspect and later arrested and charged him. Investigators say 24-year-old Alexandra Lanee Nicole Smith drove the getaway vehicle and assisted Richardson after the shootings, including buying him clothing and a cell phone in Missouri.

Reports indicate the shooting was a case of mistaken identity; Richardson believed the car was connected to someone from an earlier dispute. Does anyone have information about Matrell Johnson, his activities that night, or the people he was with?