Jose Angel Padilla was 19 when he died after being shot on the evening of May 22, 2019, in Racine, Wisconsin. Police responded to reports of shots fired near Center and 12th Street; Padilla was found with severe injuries and taken to Ascension All Saints Hospital, where he later died. He was born September 9, 1999, worked at Jiffy Lube, loved cars—especially his 2007 Mustang—and hoped to become a police officer and eventually run his own car shop and blog.

Police investigators concluded Padilla was the victim of a planned robbery that turned fatal. Two teenagers, Deshawn Ellison, 17, and Christopher Webster, 18, were charged in connection with the incident. The account says Webster coordinated with Ellison and another person to rob Padilla and another visitor at Webster’s residence during a marijuana-smoking visit; a shotgun blast fired by one of the individuals struck Padilla as he was leaving the residence.

Anyone who knew Jose, his movements that night, or who has information about the robbery is asked to come forward.