Julian M. Rodriguez, 22, was fatally shot on December 8, 2020, while sitting in his car outside a Family Dollar on the 3000 block of South 13th Street in Milwaukee. Police say the shooting around 3:58 p.m. began as a drug-related robbery in which two people planned to steal marijuana and Rodriguez’s vehicle; the encounter escalated to deadly violence. A security camera in the parking lot captured the incident and an eyewitness provided the getaway car’s license plate, which led police to a suspect, Kevin Taylor.

When officers moved to arrest Taylor he fled in a high-speed chase and crashed into a house on West Scott Street before being taken into custody. Taylor was charged with felony homicide, admitted to being one of the two shooters, and received a 20-year prison sentence with five years of extended supervision in January 2023. A sentencing error required a resentencing in November 2023, after which Taylor’s sentence was revised to 18 years in prison with seven years of extended supervision. Julian was remembered by his family as having a good heart and ambitions of becoming a mason.

Did anyone who knew Julian or who was in that area on December 8, 2020, see something that could add detail to what happened that afternoon?