On the evening of May 13, 2018 in Prescott, Arizona, Christopher Ryan Scoggins, 44, was shot and killed after confronting a man who had reportedly groped a woman in his motorcycle group. Scoggins, from Surprise and a United States Air Force veteran who also served as a Captain with the Goldwater Range Fire Department, was struck multiple times and later died at a local hospital.

Witnesses at the scene intervened and detained the shooter, identified as 39-year-old Michael Ryan, until Prescott Police arrived. Michael Ryan was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault on law enforcement, and sexual abuse. Scoggins was remembered by his community as a husband, father, and public servant.