A late-summer dispute over a parking spot in a Kent apartment complex ended with the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Juan Manuel Vazio Vasquez. The encounter took place August 19, 2022, in the Riverwood Apartments parking lot on Russell Road after a neighbor, 71-year-old Stephen A. Tullier, confronted a woman about a vehicle partially blocking his assigned stall. Vasquez, a resident of the complex, came into the lot and a heated argument with Tullier escalated into a physical struggle during which Tullier fell down several steps.

After getting up, Tullier fired a single 9mm shot that struck Vasquez in the abdomen, a wound that transected his aorta and proved fatal despite officers’ immediate life-saving efforts. A cellphone video recorded by Vasquez’s 10-year-old son and witness statements played a key role in the investigation, contradicting Tullier’s claim that Vasquez made aggressive movements toward him before the shot. A jury later convicted Tullier of second-degree murder with a firearm enhancement.

Did anyone in the complex witness the lead-up to the confrontation or the moments before the shot that hasn’t yet been heard from?