Marcos Pantaleon was 19 and a senior at Shakopee High School when he was killed the night of April 18, 2013. Known as a kind, family-oriented teen who worked at a local KFC and planned to become an auto mechanic after graduation, he was fatally shot in the living room of his family’s Hunters Ridge apartment on Gorman Street during a robbery. Police were called for shots fired at about 10:44 p.m.; Marcos was pronounced dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to his side.

Two relatives were wounded but survived: his 22-year-old brother Miguel Pantaleon was shot in the arm and thumb, and a 17-year-old cousin suffered gunshot wounds to both legs. Investigators say the robbery was organized by a former neighbor, 27-year-old Steven Andre Moore, who brought two armed accomplices after previously buying marijuana from Miguel. A struggle between Marcos and one of the intruders preceded the fatal shot; the assailants then fled with Miguel’s wallet containing $400 and credit cards. Arrests followed in the days and months after the killing, and charges were filed against multiple men in connection with the robbery and shooting.