Fifteen-year-old Hector Gonzalez, a Hispanic youth, was killed in a Tacoma alley on January 27, 2018, after a robbery plan went deadly wrong. Gonzalez and his 15-year-old best friend had plotted to rob an acquaintance of marijuana and a gun, enlisting the friend’s 15-year-old girlfriend to lure the target to her house. While the acquaintance was there, the gun reportedly fell from his pocket and the girlfriend texted Gonzalez and the friend to warn that he was armed. They proceeded to wait in a nearby alley with a baseball bat.

When the acquaintance left and entered the alley he was struck with the bat and punched repeatedly. He then drew a weapon and fired one shot, which struck Gonzalez in the chest. Police arrived around 1:15 a.m. and Gonzalez was pronounced dead at the scene after officers’ attempts at resuscitation. Three teens were taken into custody: the shooter, who prosecutors later said acted in self-defense and was not charged in Gonzalez’s death but faced a second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm charge; and Gonzalez’s friend and the girlfriend, who were charged with attempted first-degree robbery and second-degree assault.

Does anyone have information about the events that night or knew Hector and his friends?