Marquis Lamar Hargrove was 20 when he was found lying in the roadway on East 20th Street in National City, California, on October 31, 2021, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to hospital but died of his injuries; reports say he was unarmed at the time of the shooting.

The investigation led to the arrest of 18-year-old Israel Moreno, who called police after the shooting and said he acted in self-defense, claiming Hargrove had been assaulting Moreno’s cousin and then chased him into the street. Prosecutors argued that Moreno and Hargrove had been friends whose relationship soured, and said Moreno shot Hargrove multiple times in the back as Hargrove tried to flee.

Witness testimony at trial conflicted about who chased whom and what happened immediately before the shooting. Anyone with information about Marquis Hargrove or the events on East 20th Street the morning of October 31, 2021, is asked to come forward.