On the evening of May 6, 2016, in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Des Moines, Washington, 41-year-old Carl David Phelps Jr. was killed during what began as a transaction to sell a bicycle. Phelps had two bicycles with him when an argument broke out between him and a group of teenagers. The confrontation escalated; Phelps was pushed off a bicycle and then shot.

Police identified two 15-year-old suspects. One teen, named Alexander Crisostomo, was identified as the alleged shooter. Crisostomo reportedly told investigators that Phelps punched him, that he panicked, and that he fired a gun he had stolen about two weeks earlier. Crisostomo was arrested, charged with murder, and ordered to be tried as an adult; he pleaded not guilty and had bail set at $1 million.

A second teenager, Chris Martinez, was charged in juvenile court with burglary and the theft of a gun and a car; he pleaded guilty to those charges and received time served and probation. The family of Carl Phelps Jr. was left to cope with the sudden, violent loss. Does anyone have information about the confrontation or the teens involved that could help clarify what happened?