Edwardo Rodriguez Castenada was 19 when he was found dead in Yakima, Washington, on July 19, 2018. A woman discovered him unresponsive in his pickup truck in a parking lot near West Valley Middle School; officers found he had been shot twice and already deceased. A bullet casing recovered outside the truck suggested he had been shot through the driver’s side window.

Yakima police identified a 17-year-old suspect, David Ortega, who was prosecuted as an adult. Ballistic testing reportedly linked a gun in Ortega’s possession to the casings at the scene, and Ortega confessed, saying the shooting arose from a drug deal that went wrong. Ortega’s bail was set at $1 million. The killing drew attention because it occurred in an area near a school and park that many in the community considered safe.

If anyone knew Edwardo, the circumstances of the July 19 incident, or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please share what you know.