Wesley Willow Jr., 29, was shot dead inside a trailer in north Casper, Wyoming, in the early hours of August 3, 2018. Police responding to 1250 N. Center Street, Space 75, entered after a woman reported someone had been shot and that she had hidden the gun; officers found Willow on the floor and attempted lifesaving measures but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators documented multiple spent rifle casings in the living room and recovered an AR-15/M4-style rifle from a bedroom.

Charging documents summarize witness accounts that the confrontation began after a tense exchange tied to Willow’s then-girlfriend. A witness said Willow, the girlfriend and another person went to the trailer after Willow demanded the occupant’s location; as they approached a flashlight shone from the porch, voices were raised and gunfire erupted from inside the trailer while the front door was open. Prosecutors charged the trailer’s occupant, Jason Tsosie John, with first-degree murder, while his defense said he shot in self-defense after receiving a threatening call and facing an unlawful entry.

Judge Catherine Wilking dismissed the prosecution in district court, applying Wyoming’s expanded self-defense provisions that create presumptions favoring a resident against an unlawful, forceful intruder; the Wyoming Supreme Court later affirmed that dismissal, leaving no trial, conviction, or sentence on the murder charge. Does anyone have information about Willow, the events that night, or witnesses who saw activity around 1250 N. Center Street on August 3, 2018?