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A teenage outing in Memorial Park ended with a fatal shooting that began over a missing cellphone. Fourteen-year-old Desmond Smith was at the park in Colorado Springs on the night of Saturday, July 18, 2015, with two friends and several girls when 18-year-old Raymond Rogan Jr. and two others accused the boys of stealing a phone. The teens denied the accusation and even helped search with flashlights, but the device was not found.

Later that night the group returned to the park. A white car associated with the earlier confrontation pulled up and six shots were fired from inside. Desmond was struck in the chest, found critically injured in the road, and died less than twenty minutes after officers arrived. Police arrested three suspects the same night: Raymond Rogan Jr., his uncle Riccardo Kirven, and his father Raymond Rogan Sr., and investigators say Rogan Jr. identified Kirven as the shooter.

Does anyone who was at Memorial Park that night or who knew Desmond have information that could add detail to what happened?