On the evening of November 5, 2018, in Racine, Wisconsin, 32-year-old Marcellus Nino Martinez was fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle near the intersection of LaSalle Street and High Street. Responding officers found Martinez with several gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A witness who had been with Martinez said an individual approached the driver’s side window and fired multiple shots, and the witness escaped the car as the shooting began.

Surveillance footage captured the victim’s car pulling up, followed by a small SUV from which two males exited; one of them walked up the driveway where the shooting occurred. Investigators identified Gerald Smith, then 37, as a suspect. Officers attempting to stop an SUV Smith was driving were led on a high-speed chase that reached about 130 miles per hour; the SUV crashed and items thrown from the vehicle were later recovered. Inside were a neoprene face mask, gloves, and illegal drugs. Smith admitted to shooting Martinez and was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm by a felon; in March 2019 he pleaded not guilty and the case was bound over for trial.

Martinez was a father of four, with a fifth child expected at the time of his death, and his family had already lost another son to gun violence. Does anyone have information about Martinez, his movements that night, or about witnesses who were nearby?