On the evening of June 26, 2018, 18-year-old Norman Cushinberry was shot and killed on a Hutchinson street. He was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound in the 500 block of North Washington and was pronounced dead at the scene; an autopsy confirmed multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death.

The shooting occurred during what began as a drug transaction. Curtis Garcia had gone to sell a quarter-pound of marijuana; Cushinberry allegedly tried to pay with counterfeit $100 bills, and Garcia left. After receiving a text from Tristan J. Delaney, Garcia returned, and the fatal shooting followed. Another 18-year-old was shot and survived.

Police later arrested 26-year-old Curtis W. Bemis Garcia at a home on North Walnut and charged him in connection with the killing. Tristan J. Delaney was also charged. Does anyone have information about the events that night or about Norman’s life in Hutchinson?