Carol Lynn Noel, 50 and working as a bartender, was killed during an armed robbery at the Tucson Firefighters Association Union Hall on the evening of June 13, 1996. Two men, Robert G. Jones and Scott Nordstrom, entered the hall intent on robbery; Noel was taken to the back of the bar and shot. Three patrons identified as Maribeth Munn and Arthur and Judy Bell were also murdered that night.

Jones and Nordstrom were linked to the shootings as part of a wider crime spree that included a double murder two weeks earlier at a smoke shop. Scott Nordstrom’s younger brother David served as the getaway driver in the smoke shop robbery and testified for the prosecution. Both men were convicted on multiple counts of first-degree murder; both received death sentences. Noel’s son Carson Noel participated in the sentencing phase by sharing a video of his mother.