On the afternoon of September 15, 2023, a verbal argument in a West Valley City neighborhood escalated into a fatal shooting that killed 21-year-old Brian Torres-Hernandez. He was with his cousin near 2800 W. 2700 South when the confrontation occurred; officers found him lying in a driveway between two vehicles with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene, where investigators recovered 13 shell casings.

Investigation quickly focused on 18-year-old Esteban Roberto Galvez, the ex-boyfriend of Torres-Hernandez’s cousin. Witnesses reported seeing Galvez run across the street and shoot Torres-Hernandez until he fell, and said he pointed a gun at his ex-girlfriend without firing. Witnesses also reported Galvez made statements about intending to retrieve more ammunition to kill her, then fled when family members came outside. Authorities arrested Galvez and charged him with murder, obstruction of justice, aggravated assault, and multiple counts of illegal discharge of a firearm; Kimberly Samantha Reyon Munoz was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly driving Galvez away from the scene.

If anyone has information about the shooting or saw activity near 2800 W. 2700 South on September 15, 2023, please share what is known.