On the evening of August 19, 2020, 29-year-old Mark Williams, a Black / African American man, was fatally shot near the intersection of Central Avenue and Coors Boulevard in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A woman who was with Williams was also shot in the chest and critically injured; she survived. Williams died at the scene.

The Albuquerque Police Department’s homicide unit identified a suspect and obtained an arrest warrant on August 26, 2020, for 19-year-old Luis Gerardo Chaparro Jr. He was taken into custody and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center. Chaparro faces an open count of murder and additional charges of tampering with evidence, aggravated battery, and assault with intent to commit a violent felony. Authorities have not publicly disclosed a motive.

Did anyone in the area that night see what led up to the shooting or recognize the individuals involved?