On Tuesday afternoon, February 5, 2019, 15-year-old Marquez Grajeda was shot in a bedroom of a West Valley City home on the 1300 block of West 2320 South during a school lunch break. A single gunshot caused a fatal head wound; he was taken to a local hospital and died shortly after arrival.

Police focused their investigation on a 14-year-old boy who had been in the room. Authorities say the boy was handling a firearm he believed to be unloaded or on safe, and despite another teen allegedly warning the weapon was loaded, he pointed it at Marquez and pulled the trigger. The 14-year-old fled but was located and arrested; he was charged in juvenile court with manslaughter (a second-degree felony) and obstruction of justice. Multiple firearms were recovered, and the weapon believed to have been used was later recovered from a nearby canal.

Marquez’s family and friends remembered him as supportive and outgoing, with a passion for soccer. Does anyone have information about the events at that house or the people who were there that afternoon?