On the afternoon of May 31, 2014, a gathering of young men at Freedom Valley Park in Topeka, Kansas, was shattered when a red SUV drove past and occupants fired into the group. Twenty-year-old Germaul Rayton was struck in the right side of his back; the bullet tore through his right lung and a major pulmonary artery and exited his chest. Friends transported him to a nearby hospital, but he died of the wound. Two others, Ahmad Rayton and Anthony Marshall, were wounded and survived.

Investigators identified Jourdan Mickel Hunt as the driver and shooter. Hunt said he believed people in the park had previously shot at and tried to rob him and that he fired after being shot at; he said he would have continued driving if he had known Germaul was there. A jury convicted Hunt of second-degree intentional murder in Germaul’s death and of two counts of aggravated intentional battery for the injuries to the other men, and Hunt received a total prison term of 258 months when consecutive sentences were imposed. An appeal was later denied.

Does anyone who knew Germaul or was at Freedom Valley Park that day have information to share?