A family wedding in Midvale, Utah, on the night of November 6, 2021, ended in homicide when 28-year-old Hispanic man Oscar Avila was shot and killed. The celebration at 145 E. Fort Union Blvd. was honoring Avila’s parents when several uninvited men arrived and began causing trouble. As family and friends tried to escort the disruptive men out, a physical fight broke out and moved outside.

Surveillance video shows one of the uninvited men, identified as 19-year-old Guillermo Herrera, pistol-whipping Avila before firing a single shot that struck him in the chest. Guests and responding officers attempted aid, but Avila was pronounced dead at the scene; an autopsy confirmed the gunshot wound was the cause of death. Following the incident, four suspects believed to be associated with the Dogtown gang were arrested. Guillermo William Herrera, then 19, was charged with murder and multiple other offenses; three co-defendants faced various charges including obstruction and weapons offenses.

Did anyone attending that reception or living nearby see the disturbance before it escalated or notice those who arrived uninvited?