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He was only 18! Fernando Recio was killed by a bullet while sitting in his car

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  • Fernando Recio, 18, was killed by a bullet in the neck when he went to wash his car.
  • The boy died after being injured at the Q-Gold Car Wash in Wichita, Kansas, in a strange crime.
  • Wichita Police Department detectives do not believe Recio’s crime was accidental.

The young Fernando Recio was shot to death when he went to wash his car in the southwest of the Wichita, Kansas metropolitan area. Now the Homicide Division of the Wichita Police Department (WPD) needs the help of the Hispanic community to solve the crime of the Hispanic boy.

According to the WPD report, emailed to MundoHispánico, on Monday night, May 3, 2021, he notified his family that he would go out to wash his car in a ‘Car Wash’. According to WPD spokesman Trevor Macey shortly before midnight that Monday, the corporation’s emergency number received several calls to report the shooting.

Fernando Recio died of a bullet in the neck

Fernando Recio, 18, like many young Hispanics in the United States, was a fan of trucks, northern corridos and horses. (Photo: Courtesy of the Recio Chávez Family)

Several patrol cars moved to the Q-Gold Car Wash, 20100 South Meridian, where neighbors of the houses across the street, in a quiet neighborhood, heard the shots. The business is located in the Stanley / Aley neighborhood in the southwest of the Wichita, Kansas metropolitan area.

Police officers who arrived at the scene found a Hispanic boy sitting in his truck and wounded with a single gunshot to the neck. When the WPD agents arrived at the scene, the young man was still alive and asked that paramedics from the Wichita Fire Department (WFD) will transport you to a hospital.

Fernando Recio died in the hospital

(Photo: Courtesy Recio Chávez Family)

However, when the boy was in the surgery room, the doctors could no longer do anything to save his life and the young man died in the hospital. Through his driver’s license, the young man was identified as Fernando Recio, 18, the son of an immigrant family and a former student at Wichita North High School.

Until the moment of writing this story, the agents of the WPD Homicide Division have no concrete clues in the mysterious murder of the young Fernando Recio and the case remains open. Video cameras from businesses near the Q-Gold Car Wash are being checked for images of the boy’s alleged murderers.

The attack on Fernando Recio was not something accidental

(Photo: Courtesy Recio Chávez Family)

The agents investigating the murder of the young Fernando Recio, according to the version of the corporation, interviewed several witnesses in the area where the events took place and based on that they do not believe that the attack on that boy was accidental. However, as the investigation remains open, the WPD cannot provide further details.

The murder of Fernando Recio has caused deep pain and consternation among the Hispanic community in Wichita, Kansas. In Wichita, according to the United States Census Bureau, just over 60,000 Hispanic immigrants live in a city of almost 400,000 inhabitants.

They ask for help for Fernando Recio’s family

(Photo: Courtesy Recio Chávez Family)

The agents of the WPD Homicide Division ask the Hispanic community that if anyone has details on the death of the young Hispanic Fernando Recio, contact the corporation at 316.268.4407. They can also call the Wichita nonprofit Crime Stoppers at 316.267.2111. All tracks will be kept anonymous.

Ana Barrón, a friend of the deceased boy’s family, opened an account on the economic support social network Go Fund Me under the name of Fernando Recio to raise funds so that his relatives can pay for the funeral expenses caused by the tragic murder of the boy.

Fernando Recio «a happy boy … and outgoing»

(Photo: Taken from Facebook)

«On May 3, Fernando Recio was shot and on May 4, he was declared dead,» wrote Ana Barrón about the boy’s death and remembered him as someone «happy, who always made everyone smile, someone outgoing and kind» who he left his mother and siblings behind, Barrón said, asking for donations for the family.

The mysterious death of Fernando Recio has raised alarms among community leaders in Wichita, Kansas, who do not want to see an increase in violence on their streets. David Gilkey, a community leader for the youth outreach organization Rise Up For Youth, issued a statement regarding the boy’s murder.

Fernando Recio, another case of youth violence in Wichita

(Photo: Taken from Facebook)

“It is very sad when you see young people losing their lives… I hope this ends. However, when summer is around the corner I feel like this will only get worse. It’s sad that some boys only find an answer to their problems in violence, that’s something we must end, ”Gilkey explained about youth violence in Wichita.

The shooting death of Fernando Recio is something quite unusual among the Hispanic community of Wichita, Kansas, which is characterized by being people dedicated to work and away from problems. The last Hispanic man to be involved in a firearms incident and a homicide in that city was the 28-year-old José Enrique Fortiz.

The crime of José Enrique Fortiz

(Photo: Taken from Facebook)

According to the WPD, the young José Enrique Fortiz was arrested in 2019 accused of the shooting murder of Anthony Slaughter, 22, in an alley behind the Rumba Latina Club bar, 953 South Hydraulic Avenue, in the southern metropolitan area of ​​Wichita .

The arrest warrant for José Enrique Fortiz details that on Saturday, February 2, 2019, the man had an altercation with Anthony Slaughter inside the club and when the two men were leaving, coincidentally almost at the same time, they met again in the parking lot. behind the business and clashed again.

A brawl at the Rumba Latina Club bar

(Photo: Taken from Facebook)

At one point in the brawl, José Enrique Fortiz drew a gun and fired several shots at Anthony Slaughter, who fell dead at the scene. After unloading the gun, Fortiz ran away, got into a car, and got lost in the Wichita night. At 11:38 p.m. that Saturday, other witnesses called the authorities to report the shooting.

Because José Enrique Fortiz killed Anthony Slaughter in the parking lot of a very popular club in Wichita, Kansas, dozens of people, almost all Hispanic, were able to give authorities details about the incident. On Monday, February 4, 2019, the alleged murderer was arrested by agents of the WPD Homicide Division.

Drug transactions on Snapchat and Instagram

In this Car Wash the Hispanic boy Fernando Recio was murdered in Wichita, Kansas. (Photo: Taken from Google Maps)

From the murder of José Enrique Fortiz in February 2019 to the murder of Fernando Recio in May 2021, the Hispanic community of Wichita, Kansas, had not been the subject of criminal news. However, the WPD corporation itself warned that crime is growing in the city among all segments and population groups.

The problem lies in the increase in drug trafficking and consumption, according to Captain Travis Rakestraw of the WPD in statements to the television station. KWCH-12 from Wichita, Kansas. The officer says it is difficult for the corporation to track drug-related crimes because young people now only communicate through social media.

«Parents should monitor their children’s social networks»

(Photo: Taken from Facebook)

«Since 2019, the WPD has worked on at least nine homicides of young people related to drug transactions,» Captain Travis Rakestraw explained to the KWCH-12 and assured that these nine homicides originated through messages that the victims and the perpetrators they had each other through social networks such as Instagram and Snapchat.

According to Captain Travis Rakestraw, in February 2021, they investigated the shooting murder of a 14-year-old boy who was shot to death in Shell Park to where he went after having agreed to a drug purchase transaction. «Parents should monitor as much as possible the social networks their children use and who they communicate with,» he asked.

Fernando Recio died of a bullet in the neck

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