On the night of July 7–8, 2018, 21-year-old Kionte M. Bullard was killed in a drive-by shooting in the 3000 block of North Nelson Street in Spokane. The shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m. as Bullard was placing his one-month-old infant into a car seat; the infant was unharmed. Bullard had been involved earlier that evening in an argument at Lucky’s Tavern. Witnesses said Isiah Cavitt, then 20, had been trying to fight Bullard’s cousin and had implied he was armed. Cavitt reportedly knew Bullard’s girlfriend’s address because he had previously dated her.

A white Hyundai Santa Fe with its headlights off drove past while Bullard was at the car and multiple gunshots were fired. Investigators linked 17-year-old Christen D. Ativalu-Ford to the vehicle by fingerprints and identified 18-year-old Ashleigh Prado as the driver; fingerprints also tied William V. Garrett to the SUV. Police concluded both Cavitt and Ativalu-Ford fired weapons during the shooting. Cavitt later pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and Ativalu-Ford pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Did anyone who knew Kionte or was in that neighborhood that night see the Hyundai Santa Fe or the passengers as they drove by?