Gerardo Ramirez, 25, was shot and killed in Garden City, Kansas, on August 20, 2019. Known to family as Lalo, he was born in El Paso, Texas, on March 29, 1994, and moved with his family to Garden City in 1999. He worked as a chef at Old Chicago and Pie Five, graduated from Garden City High School, and enjoyed rapping and playing PlayStation. Family describe him as warm-hearted and devoted to his nieces and nephews.

The Garden City Police Department investigated the shooting and arrested Armando Alegria-Guzman on suspicion of second-degree murder; bond was set at $150,000. In February 2021 Alegria-Guzman entered a no-contest plea to an amended charge of involuntary manslaughter and in April 2021 a judge sentenced him to 34 months in prison and ordered restitution to Ramirez’s family. Does anyone who knew Gerardo or was in Garden City then have information or memories to share?