On the evening of July 6, 2021, 23-year-old Fernando Amaya-Higareda was shot and killed in Kearns, Utah. After a brief verbal exchange, one of the teenagers kicked Amaya-Higareda’s truck as he drove away. The 15-year-old, Joseph Palmer, then produced a handgun from a backpack and fired multiple rounds at the departing vehicle. A bullet struck Amaya-Higareda in the head, killing him instantly; his truck rolled roughly 200 yards and stopped in a nearby park with the back window shattered.

Police located and detained the two boys soon after, aided by witness descriptions and neighborhood doorbell cameras. Investigators recovered a handgun hidden under the bumper of a nearby car and found ammunition and drug paraphernalia in the 15-year-old’s backpack. The 16-year-old was not immediately charged in connection with the shooting. Has anyone with knowledge of the Kearns neighborhood or that night’s events heard or seen anything that could shed more light on what happened?