Help Ogden PD take a killer off the streets
A killer walks among us. More than one, perhaps.
As long as they do, they can kill again — anywhere, at any time, choosing their victims at will. But people continue to protect them anyway.
Someone knows who murdered Corbin McGuire, and before that, Francisco Lopez. Someone can take at least one killer off the street, and maybe two.
Identify them now, before another life ends in a burst of gunfire on an Ogden street.
Witnesses said a silver car drove past McGuire, 18, as he rode a bicycle Aug. 20 in the 2300 block of South Van Buren Avenue. Someone in the car opened fire, hitting McGuire several times.
He died three days later. Ogden-Metro Gang Unit investigators quickly hit a wall; no one’s talking, they say.
No one’s talking about another dead 18-year-old, either.
Someone shot Lopez as he walked home early May 2. Police found him near 7th Street and Harrison Boulevard. Although treated by Ogden fire medical personnel, doctors at a local hospital pronounced him dead.
Witnesses reported seeing a dark sedan in the neighborhood about the same time they heard gunshots. Beyond that, investigators say they can’t find any leads.
And between the deaths of Lopez in May and McGuire in August? Two more drive-by shootings.
One, at the intersection of 12th Street and Washington Boulevard, left a man critically wounded June 3. The victim recovered and police arrested a 17-year-old suspect two weeks later.
But two victims hit by gunfire July 25 in the 2600 block of Madison Avenue refuse to cooperate with Gang Unit investigators.
Survivors in gang-related shootings often know their assailants, police say. Some want to settle things personally. Others fear retaliation.
“The victims have rights, so if they don’t want to talk to us, they don’t have to,” Ogden Police Lt. Danielle Croyle told Andreas Rivera, a reporter for the Standard-Examiner.
Survivors may not talk to police, but they still talk. So do shooters.
They talk enough that someone, somewhere, knows who killed McGuire and Lopez.
No one deserves to die at 18. But appealing to the conscience of a murderer won’t accomplish anything.
So act in your own best interests — anyone cold-blooded enough to gun down an innocent person on a city street can kill you just as easily.
Or the gunshots will go astray. You’ll survive but your child, wife or best friend won’t.
No one needs to openly reach out to the police. The Ogden PD operates an anonymous tip line. Even a small detail could help investigators build a case.
The number: (801) 399-4357.
A killer walks among us. Perhaps more than one. And someone knows enough to put them away.
Police need that information now, before another innocent victim dies in a drive-by shooting.
