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On the evening of November 18, 2022, Chris Wesolowicz, a 30-year-old Caucasian man, was killed after confronting people stealing from a car in the parking garage at Westfield Southcenter mall in Tukwila, Washington. Around 6:39 p.m., Chris yelled at the suspects and ran toward their vehicle to get identifying information. The suspects drove their car into him, then fired through the windshield, striking him multiple times. He called for his wife Mary to run; she was wounded by gunfire in the hand. Paramedics responded but Chris died of his injuries.

The Tukwila Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit later linked the case to three suspects from Auburn. In May 2023, SWAT teams helped arrest a 20-year-old, an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old. Two of the men, Cristopher Ruvalcaba and Joe Aguilera, were charged with second-degree murder and subsequently pleaded guilty; a judge sentenced Ruvalcaba to twelve and a half years and Aguilera to just over ten years in June 2024. The firearms used were tied to five other shootings in South King County. The third suspect, Kevin Diaz-Bautista, who was 16 at the time, is awaiting trial as an adult on second-degree murder.

Are there witnesses or surveillance images from that parking garage who can help clarify the moments before the shooting?