Sydney Wilson was 23 when she was shot and killed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the evening of July 31, 2023. Earlier that day she had reported her white Hyundai stolen from her apartment complex and used a GPS app while calling 911 to track the vehicle. Shortly before 9 p.m. she located the car at a Smith’s gas station near Central Avenue and Coors Boulevard S.W. and went to confront the occupants after seeing them in the vehicle.

The stolen Hyundai, occupied by a group of teenagers, attempted to flee and struck another vehicle before crashing into a curb and deploying its airbags. As the occupants exited, witnesses say a 13-year-old male who had been in the back seat, Marcos Barela, produced a handgun and fired two to three shots toward the car. At least one bullet struck Wilson, who died at the scene. The teenagers fled the immediate area after the shooting.

The Albuquerque Police Department investigated the homicide and arrested Marcos Barela when he turned himself in on August 2, 2023. Did anyone at the Smith’s gas station that night see something that could help piece together what happened?