Elijah Wilkins, 19, was shot and later died after a head-on crash in Aurora, Colorado, on July 14, 2019. Officers responding just after 7 p.m. found Wilkins in a vehicle with a fatal gunshot wound; he was transported to a hospital and succumbed to his injuries.

Initial statements by Wilkins’ cousin, 19-year-old Darius Banks, told a different story about an argument with occupants of another car and said Wilkins had been shot after exiting their vehicle. Investigators found no crime scene where Banks said it occurred. A black handgun, a bloody shirt, and a cell phone were recovered on the sidewalk near Banks’ home, and a neighbor heard a shot and saw a bleeding man get back into the passenger side of a silver sedan; surveillance footage supported that account. Confronted with that evidence, Banks admitted he had been twirling the handgun with his finger in the trigger guard when it discharged and struck Wilkins, and acknowledged lying because he did not want to get in trouble. Banks was arrested the next morning and charged with manslaughter and attempt to influence a public servant.

Did anyone in the Aurora area see the silver sedan or have additional information about the moments before the shooting?