A confrontation over stolen property in South Minneapolis on September 9, 2017, ended in gunfire and the death of 46-year-old Michael Edward Rekow. Rekow was found in his car after it had crashed into a freeway sound wall on the 4500 block of Stevens Avenue South; the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head. His girlfriend, who was in the car, provided a description of the events and identified one of the men who approached them.

Minneapolis police used witness statements and nearby surveillance video to identify Ernesto Fabian Anthony Rivera as a suspect. Rivera was located at a residence in St. Paul and arrested, then charged with second-degree murder. In September 2018 Rivera pleaded guilty to second-degree murder as part of an agreement that avoided a potential first-degree murder exposure and received a 37 ½ year prison term.

If anyone has information about the confrontation that preceded the shooting or remembers seeing activity in the Stevens Avenue South area that morning, please share what is known.