In the early morning hours of November 12, 2022, a dispute at a party in an off-campus student apartment complex near Kutztown University in Maxatawny Township, Pennsylvania, ended with 18-year-old Diego Velazquez of Reading being shot shortly before 1 a.m. He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest, where he died; the Lehigh County coroner ruled the death a homicide. University officials noted Velazquez was not a student at Kutztown University.

The Pennsylvania State Police and the Berks County District Attorney’s Office investigated. A 22-year-old from Philadelphia, Xzavier Wayman, was taken into custody on December 5, 2022, and charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and recklessly endangering another person. In April 2024 Wayman, then 23, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and was sentenced to a term of up to 30 years in a state correctional facility.

If anyone attended that gathering or has information about the events that led to Diego Velazquez being shot, please share what is known.