'We're never gonna know who killed him'

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - The family of a man who was shot and killed outside a Grand Rapids bar told 24 Hour News 8 they don't think the police did everything they could in the investigation. Police disagree with those claims.  
 
Wellington Guevara -- known as "Ponci" to his friends and family -- was shot twice in the chest last weekend outside of the New Roosevelt Bar. Family and friends said the father of two was breathing and had a pulse when he was brought to the hospital early Saturday morning, but died during surgery. 
 
Until Monday, his family members were hoping the ID of the victim in the Saturday shooting victim was wrong.
 
"To me, it's still not real. He's alive," said cousin Greytel Guevara.
 
But while she may not want to believe it, Greytel accepts her cousin won't be walking through her front door again.  
 
"He was a good person," she said. "He didn't deserve to die the way he did."
 
Guevara's family and friends say the 27-year-old was in the wrong place at the wrong time and got caught in the crossfire. They told 24 Hour News 8 that Guevara didn't have any enemies and wasn't involved in anything that would have made him a target.

Grand Rapids Police Captain Jeffrey Hertel said at this point in the investigation, it's too early to tell if Guevara was a target or not.

Hertel also said that though officers interviewed witnesses on the scene, they could not get a good suspect description.
 
"We can't just leave it like that. He was our family. He was my brother. He wasn't a nobody. I want justice," said Greytel.
 
That quest for justice is why Guevara's family says they're speaking out about things they think the police did wrong.
 
"We're thinking we're never gonna know who killed him," said Greytel. "We're never gonna know if that person walking down the street right now, if that's the person who shot him."
 
Guevara's cousin said family members -- not police -- found the bullet casings likely associated with Guevara's shooting hours after it happened.
 
Hertel admitted to 24 Hour News 8 Monday that's accurate, but say that's only because officers were told the crime scene was in a different spot more than 100 yards away from where it actually was. Hertel went on to say that the department was short staffed that day. He also said he was "glad" the family found the casings.  
 
The investigation is ongoing. The bullet casings are consistent with the information police know about the crime, but they will go to the Michigan State Police crime lab to determine if they are in fact connected to Guevara's shooting
 
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday at Gillespie's Funeral Home in Grand Rapids. Guevara will be buried in his native Dominican Republic. Both of his parents and his children currently live there.