On the morning of January 23, 2022, 50-year-old Tongan woman Anetupou Niualiku was fatally shot near 130 South and 800 West in Salt Lake City. Officers and paramedics responded and attempted life-saving measures, but Niualiku died at the scene. Investigators initially treated the slaying as an isolated incident; no arrests or suspect details were released for years.

A white 2011–2013 Hyundai Sonata was identified early on as the vehicle seen speeding away after the shooting. In March 2025 the Salt Lake City Police Department released photos of that vehicle to the public. In April 2025 a witness contacted investigators with information that named 31-year-old Oakland Alope Taoipu Faamoe as the shooter and implicated a second person who reportedly told the witness Faamoe fired the weapon. Cellphone records and other evidence placed Faamoe and the other person near the scene; detectives say Faamoe had driven a white Hyundai that matched the suspect car and had been ticketed in it days before the homicide.

Faamoe was booked on charges of murder, obstruction of justice, and felony discharge of a firearm. The firearm has not been recovered and the motive remains under investigation. Did anyone in the Salt Lake City area see a white Hyundai Sonata near 130 South and 800 West on January 23, 2022?