James Tilla, 45, was shot in Wilson Park in southeast Albuquerque late on July 22, 2019. Officers responding to shots fired arrived around 11:45 PM and found Tilla with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene and his official date of death was recorded as July 23, 2019. The Albuquerque Police Department opened the case as a homicide but did not immediately develop public leads.

With no publicly identified suspects for over a year, Albuquerque Metro Crime Stoppers issued a public appeal in December 2020 asking anyone with information to come forward. As of April 8, 2023 no arrest or suspect identity had been publicly announced and the motive remained undisclosed.

Did anyone in the area that night see or hear anything in or around Wilson Park that could help clarify what happened?