Kyle Brayer was a 34-year-old off-duty Tempe Fire Medical Rescue captain who was fatally shot in Old Town Scottsdale in the early morning hours of February 4, 2018. After a night out with friends, Brayer was riding on the back of a golf cart–style transport near Civic Center Plaza when a red Scion coupe driven by 21-year-old Hezron Parks began following and tapping the rear of the cart. The repeated contact led to a confrontation: Brayer got off the cart and walked toward the driver’s side of the Scion, and witnesses heard a single gunshot as the car accelerated away, striking or clipping other vehicles. Brayer was transported to a hospital and died from his injuries.

Police collected a .40-caliber shell casing and vehicle debris at the scene that linked the suspect’s vehicle and weapon to the shooting. Parks went to a Phoenix jail later that day and contacted authorities; he was detained, transferred to Scottsdale, and booked on one count of second-degree murder. Witnesses on the golf cart described Brayer as unarmed and not aggressive when he was shot. Did anyone who knew Brayer or was in Old Town that night see more of the encounter leading up to the shooting?