On the evening of August 10, 1979, a dispute at the Ranch House Bar, a known biker hangout in Tucson, Arizona, ended in gunfire. The confrontation involved three men and a biker identified as Jasper Newton McMurtrey. McMurtrey later said one of the men he argued with pointed a gun at him, and he opened fire. Albert Hughes and another man, Barry Collins, were killed; a third man was wounded.

Authorities arrested Jasper Newton McMurtrey and charged him with the murders of Albert Hughes and Barry Collins and with the assault on the wounded man. McMurtrey was convicted in 1981 and sentenced to death, though later legal proceedings would alter that outcome.

Did anyone at the Ranch House that night or their acquaintances ever report details that could clarify how the argument began or who was involved?