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On the evening of July 22, 2020, 18-year-old Aliani Mejia-Marin was shot in the Sandy Mobile Home Park at 223-201 W. Eastgate Drive in Sandy, Utah. She was inside a parked SUV with her husband when a confrontation between two groups escalated to gunfire. Mejia-Marin was struck by a bullet, taken to a local hospital in critical condition, and later died of her injuries.

Investigators say the shooter was a 14-year-old boy who allegedly was aiming at a rival gang member; the bullet missed its intended target and hit Mejia-Marin, who was not involved in the dispute. Sandy police took the juvenile into custody that evening and booked him into the Juvenile Detention Center. Authorities say there are no other outstanding suspects; the teen faces four felony counts, including murder, for his role in the killing.

Did anyone in the area see the confrontation that evening or have information about the groups involved?