Marc Anthony Montes, 39, was shot and fatally injured on the evening of October 5, 2021, while a passenger in a Ford F-150 driven by his common law partner, Jennifer Montes (also identified as Jennifer Benavidez), in University Park, Texas. Witnesses heard gunfire near a Shell station in the Snider Plaza area just before 7 p.m.; moments later they saw Marc pushed from the moving truck onto Lovers Lane. A bystander and a police officer administered CPR until paramedics transported him to Parkland Hospital, where he died.

Investigators released a security-camera image of the suspect vehicle described as a two-toned champagne 2004–2006 Ford F-150 with running boards, a bed cover, and tinted windows, last seen driving south from the scene. On October 6, 2021, University Park police arrested a juvenile they said they believed was directly responsible for the shooting; no further details were released due to the suspect’s age. On October 20, 2021, officers, with Dallas Police assistance, arrested Jennifer Montes on a warrant for tampering with evidence and confirmed she was driving at the time of the shooting. A Dallas County grand jury later declined to indict Jennifer Benavidez on that charge; she remained in custody on other unspecified charges as of December 13, 2021. The status of the juvenile case has not been updated publicly.

Anyone who has information about the shooting or the suspect vehicle is asked to contact the University Park Police Department non-emergency number at 214-363-3000.