On March 28, 2018, 13-year-old Elizabeth Juarez and 19-year-old Eveona Cortez were fatally shot outside an apartment complex on Ambaum Boulevard Southwest in Burien, Washington. Both were found with gunshot wounds and later died at Harborview Medical Center. The King County Sheriff’s Office treated the deaths as a double homicide.

Investigators believe the shooting was gang-related. Reports say Juarez and the suspected shooter were affiliated with rival street gangs and that Juarez had been tagging the apartment complex where the suspect, Francisco I. Montero, lived. Witnesses said Juarez had specifically targeted Montero with graffiti, and Montero was allegedly warned that rival gang members were outside shortly before the shooting. Montero’s DNA was later linked to shell casings from the scene. In June 2021 Montero was charged with two counts of first-degree murder; the investigation into possible accomplices continues.

Did anyone in Burien or the surrounding area see activity near that apartment complex on the night of March 28, 2018, or have information about who else might have been involved?