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Elijah Crawford, 18, was killed on November 2, 2015, in Tacoma, Washington. A recent Lincoln High School graduate who wrestled and played football, Crawford had gone with friends to what was supposed to be a fistfight on the 1800 block of East 44th Street. As the group approached, a man ran out of nearby bushes and opened fire. Crawford was struck and died at the scene; a 20-year-old friend was wounded but survived, and the friend who had arranged the meeting was not physically harmed.

Investigators concluded the shooting was a planned ambush. Detectives identified Alberto Colt-Sarmiento as the man who arranged the meeting and found pre-incident text messages suggesting premeditation. Juan Javier Zuniga-Gonzalez was identified as the shooter who ran from the bushes, and Trino Valentino Martinez was accused of supplying the gun. All three men were prosecuted and convicted for their roles in Crawford’s killing.

Does anyone have information about Elijah, the people he was with that night, or the 1800 block of East 44th Street around November 2, 2015?