Angel B. Martinez was 17 when he was shot and killed outside his Salt Lake City home in the early hours of February 11, 1994. He and his 63-year-old grandfather, Thomas Jacobs, were sitting in a car at about 2 a.m. after searching for Angel’s mother when another vehicle pulled up behind them. An occupant exited and fired into the rear of their car; both Angel and his grandfather were struck in the back. Angel’s wounds proved fatal.

Investigators concluded the shooting was likely not random. Angel was identified as a leader of a faction within a prominent local Hispanic gang, and police suspected the killing was retaliatory, possibly tied to internal gang conflicts that had intensified after the death of another gang leader the previous year. The investigation was hampered by a wall of silence, and no arrests or public identifications of suspects were ever made; the case went cold.

Anyone with memories of the neighborhood at the time or information about Angel, Thomas Jacobs, or the factions involved is asked to come forward.