Jennifer Gould

He was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after.

Authorities have not released a motive for Mote's sudden descent into violence.

No word if he has any priors.

The Toledo Police Department is continuing to review the case as autopsy results remain pending.

The investigation continues.

Police urge anyone with information on the case to contact Crime Stoppers at 419-255-1111.

More crime and justice news after this.

The scales of justice have not just tipped in Riverside County, California.

They've been obliterated.

In a move described as a, quote, stab in the gut, Naomi Renee Villado, the 28-year-old woman who mowed down a 21-year-old bicyclist while texting her boyfriend, was released from prison early.

Despite a judge sentencing her to nine years for the 2020 killing of Benjamin Montalvo in Corona, California,

Bellotta walked free after serving less than a third of her time, leaving a grieving family trapped in a life sentence of agony.

Ben's mom, Kelly Montalvo, spoke to ABC7.

Why do they give a sentence if it's not going to be enforced?

It's a huge slap in the face.

This was not a tragic accident.

It was a lethal pattern of negligence.

Prosecutors revealed Vallotta was impaired and exchanged 24 texts in the minutes surrounding the impact, catapulting the young man into the air before she fled to fix her windshield and cover her tracks.

Even more sickening, this was her fifth at-fault crash and her fourth hit-and-run.

Hours after bailing out following the killing, she was caught on camera toasting in Las Vegas, captioned, quote, living our best life, end quote, while the Montalvos were shopping for a casket.