Fernando Recio was 18 when he was shot at the Q-Gold Car Wash, 2121 S. Meridian in Wichita, Kansas, on the night of May 3, 2021. He told family he was going to a car wash that night; shortly before midnight police received multiple calls about a shooting there. Officers found Recio in his vehicle with a single gunshot wound to the neck. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later pronounced deceased.

Investigators determined the shooting was not random. In the days after the killing no arrests were made and no suspects were publicly identified; witnesses were reportedly uncooperative. The case is listed as a homicide with the Wichita Police Department Cold Case Unit and remains open while authorities continue to seek information.

If anyone was at the Q-Gold Car Wash that night or has information about what happened, please share details with the Wichita Police Department.