Luis Deras-Orellana was 21 when he was shot in the early hours of Sunday, January 5, 2020, in the 3000 block of 34th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. Neighbors reported hearing multiple gunshots; officers found Deras-Orellana with several gunshot wounds and he died at a hospital the same day. The death was investigated as a homicide.

On February 1, a 22-year-old man from Guatemala, Luis A. Salazar-Villeda, was charged in Wyandotte County District Court with first-degree murder and criminal discharge of a weapon at an occupied building. Authorities allege Salazar-Villeda fired into the home where Deras-Orellana was located, causing his death.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who knew Luis Deras-Orellana is asked to come forward.