On the morning of July 5, 2020, a dispute over a restaurant bill in Worcester, Massachusetts, escalated and ended with 24-year-old Joshua Lopez being shot while seated in the back of a vehicle on Almont Avenue. He was taken to a local hospital and died of his wounds on July 6, 2020. A minor child was in the backseat at the time but was not injured.

Investigators identified 25-year-old acquaintance Leroy L. Thompson Jr. as the person who, after an argument about payment, reportedly retrieved a firearm and fired a single shot into the vehicle that struck Lopez. Thompson was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting; an indictment for murder was returned on September 21, 2020. The case record notes Thompson had a history of mental health issues.

Lopez’s family donated his organs after his death. Does anyone have information about the events that night on Almont Avenue or about the people involved?