On the afternoon of July 27, 2016, 17-year-old Marquez Davena Reed was shot and killed near the intersection of Allen Street and Lasalle Place in Columbia, Missouri. Witnesses said Reed approached a dark-colored sedan that had stopped in the street and exchanged words with the occupants. According to witness statements, Reed reached into the vehicle and struck the passenger through the open window; the passenger then produced a firearm and shot Reed. Reed collapsed a short distance away and later died of his wounds.

Police identified the vehicle’s occupants within days. The passenger alleged to be the shooter was identified as 18-year-old Tyrone James Jr., and the driver as 18-year-old Jadarius Sanders. Tyrone James Jr. surrendered to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department on July 30, 2016; prosecutors charged him with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Sanders was charged with hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence after telling investigators James had confessed and the gun was hidden in a backpack and discarded with help from a backseat passenger.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the car after the shooting or know who the backseat passenger might have been?