A confrontation over a stolen television ended in deadly gunfire outside a Yakima house in the early hours of May 8, 2021. According to police, 27-year-old Diana L. Calixtro and a 27-year-old companion, Luis Cortes-Barragan, confronted a man and woman who allegedly had taken the TV as guests were leaving a party on South Fair Avenue. The male suspect produced a pistol and opened fire before fleeing with the female suspect.

Officers arrived after shots were reported at about 2:36 a.m. Calixtro was found outside with two gunshot wounds; responders performed CPR for twenty minutes but she was pronounced dead at the scene. Cortes-Barragan was critically injured and taken to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital for emergency surgery. Police later arrested a 32-year-old man from Wapato and a 23-year-old woman from Toppenish nearby; officers recovered a .45 caliber pistol after video showed the male hiding an object under a car. The man was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault; the woman was held on suspicion of second-degree theft.

Did anyone at the party or in the neighborhood see the suspects before or after the shooting?