Erick Vazquez was 25 when he was killed on June 17, 2017, in Wichita, Kansas. He had gone with a friend to a strip mall on East 13th Street to buy cigarettes and was sitting in the driver’s seat of his Nissan truck when a shootout erupted in the parking lot between rival gang members. Vazquez was struck by three bullets and died at the scene; he was not involved in the dispute and was described as an innocent bystander.

The shooting came after an escalating feud between Jeremy Levy, 18, and Keandre Summers, 22. Levy saw Summers outside a barbershop in the mall, an argument broke out, and the two began exchanging heavy gunfire — witnesses estimated 20 to 25 shots were fired. Police classified the incident as gang-related, identifying Levy as a member of the Piru Bloods and Summers as a member of the Gangster Disciples, and both were arrested and charged in connection with Vazquez’s death.

What details about that evening or the people involved might help explain how a routine errand turned deadly?