On December 27, 2016, 19-year-old Sebastian Salgado was shot dead in Salt Lake City during what began as a transaction for an item he was selling online. The meeting was arranged near 300 E. Browning Avenue at about 11:20 a.m.; Salgado and his girlfriend met two 18-year-old men, later identified as Romeo Alyss Alvarez and Anthony Glen Taylor, to complete the sale.

The two men told Salgado they needed to get money and accepted a ride. While in the vehicle the situation turned into a robbery attempt when one of the suspects produced a handgun. A struggle over the gun led to Salgado being shot in the head; he died at the scene inside his parked car. After the shooting Alvarez and Taylor fled on foot. Alvarez left his wallet behind in Salgado’s car and was arrested that night; Taylor turned himself in the next day. Surveillance footage reportedly shows Taylor hitting and kicking Salgado’s girlfriend after she was pulled from the vehicle. Both suspects had prior juvenile violent-offense histories.

Did anyone in the Salt Lake City area know Salgado, his girlfriend, or the men involved and have information that could shed more light on what happened?