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On April 10, 2018, 20-year-old Hector Emanuel Escoto Munguia was shot and killed on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke, Virginia, after a confrontation with another driver. The other driver, Keith Sidwell, said Munguia pointed what Sidwell believed was a semi-automatic handgun; Sidwell then drew a 9mm Glock and fired, striking Munguia. Investigators found a Daisy Powerline Model 340 BB pistol on the road near Munguia’s vehicle, a replica resembling a Beretta 92F 9mm.

The FBI, the Roanoke County Police Department and the National Park Service reviewed multiple 911 calls, witness interviews and the crime scene. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia announced in July 2018 that no federal criminal charges would be filed against Sidwell, concluding there was insufficient evidence to disprove his assertion of self-defense. Officials notified Munguia’s family of the decision.

Are there witnesses or new information about the moments leading up to the shooting who can shed light on what happened that day?