Michael Alan Tolar was 44 when he was killed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on October 1, 2019, days before his 45th birthday. Raised in Dubois and a 1993 graduate of Dubois High School, Tolar’s background is sketched as that of a Wyoming native with longstanding community ties.

Police responded after midnight to Romero Park on Parsley Boulevard, where three people were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds. Investigators’ preliminary account held that Brian Perkins, 46, met Tolar and Abigail Smith, 24, at the park; detectives believed Perkins shot Smith and Tolar and then fatally shot himself. Because the suspected shooter died at the scene, no arrests were made. Authorities said they were examining personal relationships as a possible motive and worked on timelines and witness interviews to document what happened.

If anyone knew Michael Tolar, his connections in Dubois or the circumstances around that late-night meeting, please share information with investigators.