A June 4, 2022 house party at the E Gate apartments near 2900 Ruddy Way in West Valley City ended in gunfire that killed 23-year-old Elijah Isaiah Brown, known as Rico. Officers arrived at about 3:10 a.m. to find many people fleeing a fourth-floor unit and discovered two men shot. Brown suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his upper chest, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, and later died. A second man, 21-year-old Alexander John Ogilvie, was shot in the stomach and shoulder and hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

Investigators recovered numerous shell casings from two different firearms, including .22 and 9mm casings, and saw bullet holes in the apartment door indicating shots were fired from both directions. Charging documents allege the confrontation began after 16-year-old Julian Eli Lopez was punched and kicked out of the party; the group then returned and shots were fired through the door from outside while Brown returned fire from inside. In May 2023 three 16-year-olds — Cisco Knowels, Julian Eli Lopez, and Daniel Medero — were charged as adults with murder, aggravated burglary, and multiple counts of discharging a firearm causing injury.