On the evening of July 26, 2016, 31-year-old Melvin Earl Rouse II was found wounded in his black Chevy sedan on Spokane’s South Hill after witnesses reported an erratic driver near Southeast Boulevard and Rockwood Boulevard. Officers discovered Rouse had been shot and driving himself; he was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center and died that night. The medical examiner ruled the cause of death gunshot wounds to the back and chest.

Investigators traced the shooting to a driveway on 29th Avenue near Thor Street, where bullet casings were recovered and neighbors reported hearing multiple gunshots and a car door slam. Detectives identified a prime suspect, Rouse’s cousin Cedric Dirty Burton, and a police informant later said Burton had confessed, describing an argument and struggle before shooting. Burton’s record includes prior violent convictions and alleged gang ties. No arrests or charges have been announced in the case.

Did anyone in the Spokane area hear or see anything around 29th Avenue and Thor Street that night, or have information about Burton’s movements before or after the shooting?