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On the evening of March 30, 2017, in Burlington, Washington, 16-year-old Angel Estrada was found with multiple gunshot wounds at an apartment complex in the 100 block of Heritage Place. Police were called around 11:25 p.m. after reports of gunshots; Estrada was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators tied the shooting to a physical altercation that occurred shortly before the shots were fired and identified two teenage suspects. The shooter was identified as 15-year-old Cristian Alexander Quijas; 17-year-old Daniel Gracida was accused of handing the gun to Quijas. The motive was described as a mix of gang rivalry and a personal dispute: Estrada was a member of a rival gang and was dating Quijas’s sister. The sister, 17, reported to police that her brother had shot her boyfriend.

Both suspects were taken into custody within days. Quijas was charged with second-degree murder and ordered tried as an adult; he pleaded guilty. Gracida was charged as an adult, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter for supplying the weapon, and was sentenced to four years in detention.

Did anyone who knew Angel or saw activity around Heritage Place that night come forward with information?