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On April 3, 2022, a party at an Airbnb in Draper, Utah, ended in a deadly shooting. Partygoers were leaving when an uninvited man sparked an altercation outside. The dispute escalated, the man produced a handgun and fired multiple shots in the street. Twenty-seven-year-old Austin Terry Powell was killed; another attendee, 21-year-old Jonathan July Fuentes, also died. Witnesses described chaos as people fled and said the shooter initially tried to carjack a vehicle before leaving in another car.

Early descriptions identified a Hispanic male with a stocky build and facial tattoos, including 801 over one eyebrow. Investigators later identified and arrested Daniel Martinez as the shooter; Ashtyn Ernesto Ortega was arrested after investigators say he handed the gun to Martinez. Martinez was convicted of both murders and Ortega pleaded guilty to manslaughter and felony discharge of a firearm. Powell’s family remembered him as a loving father, son, and friend.

Does anyone have information about the party or those present that night?