David Luyando, 22, was killed while with family at Hope Cemetery in Worcester on June 25, 2015. The group had gone to place flowers on the grave of a friend, Javier Santiago, whose headstone they found missing. As they stood at the gravesite, a car drove by and shots were fired into the group; David was struck in the head and later died at UMass Memorial Hospital.

Investigators concluded David was not the intended target. The shooting appears tied to a gang feud: six days earlier Kevin Parker, who was with Luyando that night, had allegedly shot Jose Lora, a member of a rival crew. Lora reportedly saw Parker at the cemetery, fired six times in Parker’s direction, then fled, disposed of the weapon, cleaned the car he was in, and left for the Dominican Republic before being apprehended and returned to face charges.

David’s family remembered him as outgoing and funny; he graduated from Worcester Technical High School and worked as a personal care assistant for his mother. If anyone was at Hope Cemetery that evening or has information about that visit, please come forward.