On November 26, 2016, 28-year-old Miguel Baray was shot and killed while stopped at a stop sign near West Kentucky Avenue and Federal Boulevard in Denver. Baray, a married father of two young girls, was on his way to see them at a wedding when another driver, identified as 28-year-old David Garcia, honked because Baray was taking too long to move. Baray responded with a middle-finger gesture and the encounter escalated.

Garcia drove a dark-colored Audi TT alongside Baray’s black Honda and fired a shot that struck Baray in the torso. Baray’s car rolled forward and hit a parked vehicle; he was the sole occupant and was pronounced dead that afternoon at Denver Health Medical Center. Police later located the Audi, arrested Garcia about 40 minutes later in another vehicle, and found a .45-caliber handgun under his seat. Reports say Garcia waived his Miranda rights and admitted firing, claiming he meant to shoot over the car to prove a point. Garcia was charged with first-degree murder and was also identified as a person of interest in another homicide that Thanksgiving.

Baray’s family remembered him as quiet, hardworking and devoted to his wife, daughters and the Broncos. If anyone has information about that afternoon or knew Miguel, please share what you know.