Eulalio Gonzalez-Sanchez, a 36-year-old Hispanic man, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of September 21, 2014, after stepping off a bus in Northeast Minneapolis. He had been returning from visiting his girlfriend and sent a final text saying he was close; a minute later multiple gunshots were heard. His body was found in a parking lot on Seventh Street near 22nd Avenue. Those who knew him said he worked two jobs and was well liked in the community.

Shell casings at the scene became the key evidence. A traffic stop on October 2 led to the seizure of a Ruger .40-caliber handgun from passenger Jeremiah Elijah Blackwell; ballistic testing matched that gun to the slayings. Cellphone records also placed Blackwell’s phone near the scene around the time of the shooting. In December Blackwell was charged with second-degree murder; authorities described the killing as the result of a robbery gone wrong. In March 2015 a second suspect, Montrell Maurice Webster, then 17, was charged with first-degree murder; a criminal complaint says Webster confessed to ordering Gonzalez-Sanchez to the ground, shooting him multiple times, and taking his wallet. Security footage reportedly showed Webster, Blackwell, and two family members buying ammunition for the weapon.

Victim impact statements from Gonzalez-Sanchez’s girlfriend and sister were read during sentencing proceedings, describing the devastation his death caused. Did anyone in Northeast Minneapolis around September 21, 2014, see or hear anything that might add detail to what happened that night?