MURRAY, Utah, Mar. 8, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A GoFundMe page has been established for the young man fatally shot in Murray.
The account was set up Tuesday night, shortly after Josue David Magadan died from his injuries in the Mar. 2 shooting in a car in a McDonalds parking lot.
“I am starting a GoFundMe to help his dear mom and family with the funeral expenses!” Yulecxia Betania Munoz Zarate, creator of the page, said. “His family and I would really appreciate your guys help! He is 16 years old and was such a hilarious, kind, sweet young man.PLEASE help us! THANK YOU,” reads the page at https://www.gofundme.com/f/josue-david-magadan
Magadan was one of three males in a car parked outside a McDonald’s in Murray when the incident occurred. One of the three fled the scene and has since been arrested.
Jhon-Alvaro-Alarcon Paredes, 20, was taken into custody the next day in Mesa County, Colorado, according to the Murray Police Department, and faces charges upon extradition. Murray police had tracked him to Fruita, Colorado, where the Mesa County Sheriff’s office arrested him the next day.
Mesa County sheriff’s deputies searched the area businesses, hotels, and gas stations for Paredes when a deputy located a vehicle matching the description of Paredes’ parked at a gas pump on Raptor Road in Fruita. Paredes was identified standing off to the side watching the deputies activities and was taken into custody.
“David deserves love and peace, he was that kind of kid to give and not expect something back,” Zarate said on the GoFundMe page.”David got shot that night by ‘his good friend’ in the back of the neck!”
The page listed 22 donations totaling $1,090 Thursday night, surpassing its $1,000 goal.
