Jesus Daniel Montoya Magallanes, a 34-year-old Hispanic man from Mount Airy, North Carolina, was shot in the parking lot of a Circle K on Rockford Street around 7:30 p.m. on May 24, 2022. Police responded after reports of a fight involving several people; Montoya Magallanes was found with a gunshot wound, taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, and later died of his injuries.

Authorities say the altercation escalated into a shooting. A 22-year-old Mount Airy resident, Eduardo Cabrera-Cano, was arrested and charged with murder and held without bond at the Surry County Detention Center. Officials have not released a motive or described any relationship between the victim and the arrested man.

Was anyone in the area that evening aware of what sparked the fight or who else might have been involved?