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On the night of July 20, 2019, a vehicle driving northbound on 2700 West in Salt Lake City became the scene of a deadly shooting. Angela Montoya, 34, was seated next to a back-seat passenger, Jayson Rue Chase, when Chase opened fire. Montoya suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency responders attempted life-saving measures.

The driver, a woman, and a 15-year-old boy in the back were also wounded; the teenager reached a nearby Holiday Oil gas station and a clerk called for help. Chase and the teen fled the car after the shooting. Chase later called 911 claiming people were chasing him and was taken into custody. He admitted possessing a gun and initially tried to blame the 15-year-old; he said he had discarded the weapon at a construction site but the firearm was not recovered. The medical examiner reported the fatal wound was a contact wound to the temple, and Montoya was a stranger to her shooter.

Did anyone in the Salt Lake City area witness the vehicle that night or see someone leave the scene near 2700 West?