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On the evening of April 19, 2015, 21-year-old Karlton Waechter was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 4100 block of East Highway 50 in Garden City, Kansas. He was taken to a local hospital and later died; a gunshot wound to the head was determined to be fatal. Police say the shooting occurred during an attempted robbery while Waechter was with acquaintances.

The Garden City Police Department identified and arrested several suspects. Michael George, 32, was captured after a foot chase; officers recovered the weapon believed to have been used and charged him with first-degree murder and multiple related counts. Jeff Rigdon, 33, was apprehended at a hotel after trying to flee and faced felony murder and related charges. Cesar Fierro-Acevedo, 28, was arrested by the SWAT team and later pleaded no-contest to second-degree murder, receiving a 13-year sentence. An 18-year-old, Maricella DeLeon, was arrested in the same hotel on methamphetamine distribution charges.

Are there witnesses or community members with information about what happened that night?