Jose Luis Macias, 25, of East Los Angeles, was shot multiple times while driving a recently purchased silver 2005 Bentley Continental GT on the southbound Hollywood (101) Freeway near downtown Los Angeles on December 12, 2008. The car, struck by at least 10 bullets, stopped in the fast lane just east of the Los Angeles River bridge at about 3:35 a.m. A passerby who was a California Highway Patrol officer broke out the driver’s window and found Macias slumped over the wheel with several gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital and died on December 14, 2008.

Officers found temporary registration papers in the vehicle and reported the Bentley was not registered to Macias; the owner was not identified publicly. The car was traced to Dream Motor Cars on La Cienega Boulevard, but the dealership did not say who bought it. No weapons or drugs were recovered from the car. Court records show investigators later explored a possible connection to the Mexican drug trade, and on June 30, 2009, a 34-year-old former gang member, Michael Angel Aleman, was arrested and charged in relation to the shooting.

What did anyone see on the night of December 12, 2008, or know about how Macias came to be driving that Bentley?