Overview
- The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. near NW 5th Street and Classen Boulevard, about five blocks from downtown.
- Police say Esparza-Avila was in a car at some point, but the chain of events leading to the gunfire remains unclear.
- No arrests have been made, investigators have not identified a suspect, and the motive remains undetermined.
- His parents told KOCO he left home about an hour earlier as the family prepared to celebrate his brother’s birthday.
- The case is separate from an unrelated party shooting elsewhere in the city that injured five other teenagers that night.