Alexis Martinez, 29, was shot and killed on January 5, 2019, in the parking lot of the Five Town Plaza on Cooley Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Officers found him in the driver’s seat of his Jeep Compass with a gunshot wound; despite officers performing CPR, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Martinez was born August 27, 1989, and was a Springfield native, a graduate of Central High School and a self-employed contractor. He was a father and active in local adult basketball leagues, remembered by family and friends for his outgoing personality and sense of humor.

Investigators from the Springfield Police Department’s Homicide Unit and the Hampden District Attorney’s Murder Unit identified a suspect, Karl Exantus; two days after the shooting he turned himself in and was taken into custody. If anyone knew Alexis, his routines, or observed activity around Five Town Plaza on January 5, 2019, please share what was seen.