On August 19, 2022, 36-year-old Jeremy Diaz was shot and killed inside a Kum & Go convenience store on Hancock Expressway in Colorado Springs. Jeremy, a father of eight who had recently moved to Ohio and was back in town for a wedding, had gone into the store with his 12-year-old son while his wife pumped gas. An argument in the cashier line with 25-year-old Brian Alford turned physical when Alford pushed Jeremy. Surveillance footage shows Alford then produced a handgun; during the ensuing struggle he fired multiple shots, striking and killing Jeremy.

Alford walked past Jeremy’s son, got into a vehicle and drove away. The Colorado Springs Police Department opened a homicide investigation, identified Alford’s vehicle from store video, located the car days later and placed a tracking device on it, and determined Alford was living out of the vehicle; a woman who previously had a relationship with Alford told investigators he owned handguns. Jeremy Diaz, known as JJ, is described as a devoted family man who worked in juvenile justice and as a real estate agent.

If anyone was in the store that evening or has information about the confrontation, please share what is known.