On the afternoon of April 12, 2021, 16-year-old Edwardo Rivera was shot and killed in an alley in the 1500 block of South Fellows Street in South Bend, Indiana. Rivera was with his brother, his girlfriend, and a friend, William Hardin, when a gunman approached and opened fire. Witnesses say the shooter continued firing after Rivera had fallen and tried to shield his face. Rivera suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at a local hospital; Hardin, then 17, was also shot and survived.

Investigators recovered spent shell casings and a handgun holster at the scene. DNA testing on the holster and fingerprints on a recovered weapon were linked to a suspect. Two days after the killing, on April 14, 2021, police arrested 18-year-old Danate Lowe following a traffic stop; officers also found a disassembled semi-automatic handgun and ammunition matching the scene evidence. Prosecutors charged Lowe with murder, battery by means of a deadly weapon, and a firearm sentencing enhancement.

Does anyone have information about Edwardo’s last movements in that neighborhood or witnessed the shooting in the alley?