A verbal dispute in Hamilton, Montana on February 26, 2021 ended with the death of 52-year-old Peter Vanvallis, a White man. The argument involved another man; following the shooting the suspect left the scene and an investigation began.

Two days later a 43-year-old man identified as Jamie Michael Conway, also reported as John Conway, arranged to surrender and turned over a handgun. Conway was charged with deliberate homicide in Vanvallis’s death and with assault with a weapon after a woman said he pointed a gun at her in a separate incident. Conway’s lawyers said they would argue self-defense, and he claimed Vanvallis had been armed, but investigators reported no weapon was found on Vanvallis or in the house where the shooting occurred. A judge set bail at $500,000.

If anyone knew Vanvallis or has information about the February 26 incident, please come forward and share what you know.