Alex Oyombe Gradin, 21, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of May 4, 2019, in a parking lot behind Taylor’s Bar and Grill near the University of Oregon in Eugene. A student at Lane Community College, Gradin was an innocent victim of a case of mistaken identity; investigators say the shooters were following a vehicle they believed belonged to a rival gang member and wrongly identified Gradin as their target. He was pronounced dead at the scene after police and medical personnel rendered aid for a life-threatening gunshot wound.

Family described Gradin as a compassionate, thoughtful young man who had been adopted from Kenya as a baby. Authorities said he had no gang involvement and no prior interaction with the couple who carried out the attack. What remains unclear is whether there were witnesses in the parking lot who could add detail about the vehicle that was being followed or the moments leading up to the shooting.

Did anyone in Eugene see activity near Taylor’s Bar and Grill that morning or have information about the vehicle the suspects were following?