On the evening of June 20, 2025, 22-year-old Bridjer Scott Ehlers was fatally shot in the chest inside a residence on South Blayde Drive in Herriman, Utah. Officers and paramedics responded to reports of shots fired around 9:30 p.m.; life-saving measures were attempted but Ehlers succumbed at the scene.

An 18-year-old acquaintance, Alexander Okustino Finau, was arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on a second-degree felony manslaughter charge. Witnesses said the two had been engaged in horseplay, pushing each other, and one witness reported Finau was pointing two handguns at Ehlers as Ehlers backed into a room with his hands up. Finau reportedly called dispatch after the shot, saying the shooting was accidental, and was found in the front yard distressed and repeating that he didn’t mean to.

Ehlers, born January 13, 2003, in Sandy, Utah, graduated from Entrada High School in 2022 and worked as an oil technician with plans to study HVAC. He enjoyed working out, snowboarding, gaming, and playing guitar, and is survived by his parents, two brothers, and his girlfriend. Did anyone in Herriman know Bridjer or have information about what happened that night?