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David Frigaard, 46, was shot and killed on January 24, 2015, while driving home in Mahtomedi, Minnesota. After closing his bar for the night, Frigaard was stopped at an intersection when a single bullet from a high-powered rifle struck his chest. He was a Park High School art teacher in Cottage Grove and owner of Frigaard’s Bar; he left behind a wife and three children.

Investigators traced the shooting to 19-year-old Bailey Jordan Garcia of Pine Springs, who was arrested the same day after crashing his SUV. Deputies found a rifle and a spent shell casing in the vehicle. Garcia admitted to firing at Frigaard’s truck, initially saying he had gone out to shoot deer and later saying he had aimed at the vehicle; he also told police he had been drinking and had been contemplating suicide after a family argument. There was no evidence the two men had met, and authorities described the shooting as random.

Garcia pleaded guilty to unintentional second-degree murder and was sentenced to 27 years in prison. Did anyone who knew Frigaard or was in that area that night come forward with information about what they saw?