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Tony Montantes, 41, was shot and killed on March 16, 2020, at the intersection of First and E. Main Streets in El Cajon, California. He was reportedly homeless at the time and had been involved in a confrontation with people in the area shortly before the shooting. Witnesses said a four-door sedan pulled up and an occupant fired multiple times, striking Montantes several times.

The El Cajon Police Department treated the death as gang-related and carried out an extensive investigation including interviews, surveillance video review and several search warrants. Police report that a 29-year-old, Jafet Prieto, was identified and arrested in Riverside on September 8, 2021, and charged with Montantes’s murder after investigators say an argument preceded the shooting and Prieto returned in a car and fired a handgun.

What information about Tony’s movements that day or about the vehicle involved could help clarify what happened?