Tanner Michael Miller was 21 when a June 2, 2020 night out with friends ended in his death. After moving between bars and drinking earlier that evening, Miller arrived at an apartment where Joshua Lewis Campbell and another person were inside. According to court records, the two inside locked the door, shut off the lights and waited with rifles to scare Miller. When Miller entered and turned on the lights, Campbell fired an AR-15 at close range. A 911 hang-up call was followed by Campbell telling dispatch he had shot an intruder and then that he had shot his friend. Miller was taken to a hospital and died; an autopsy indicated the muzzle was extremely close to his head when fired.

Investigators focused on Campbell as the shooter; he was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Two competing explanations were presented: Campbell told officers he believed he was facing an intruder and acted in self-defense, while a witness described a drunken prank that went catastrophically wrong. Campbell eventually pled no contest to one count of manslaughter and at sentencing received a three to ten year prison term. Did anyone who knew Tanner or was at that apartment that night come forward with details that could clarify what happened in the seconds before the shot?