On October 31, 2019, 44-year-old Pasqual Casiano of Jamaica Plain was shot and killed at a car repair shop in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood. Casiano ran an adjacent car dealership and worked in sales with his nephew, Javier Fonseca. An argument at the shop escalated into a physical fight involving Casiano and the defendant, a mechanic employed there. According to the prosecution, the defendant pushed Fonseca and Casiano away while armed, then fired. Casiano was struck in the abdomen and died; Fonseca suffered a gunshot wound to his hand.

The defendant fled Massachusetts after the shooting, traveling to New York, cutting off distinctive dreadlocks, and using a relative’s phone. He was later captured and returned to Massachusetts. At trial the defendant said he had been attacked and acted in self-defense; the jury convicted him of voluntary manslaughter. An appellate decision affirmed that conviction but vacated certain firearm convictions based on errors in jury instructions and the admission of prearrest-silence evidence.

If anyone knew Pasqual, Javier Fonseca, or saw the events at the shop on October 31, 2019, please share what might help clarify what happened.