A confrontation at a Midvale Motel 6 turned deadly in the early morning hours of June 27, 2021, when 30-year-old Tyler Allen Williams of Ogden was shot and later died. Witnesses said Williams and another man had been arguing through the night in a motel room and took the dispute into the parking lot. At some point Williams armed himself with two metal stakes from nearby grass, and the other man produced a handgun. A single gunshot was heard; Williams ran, screamed, and collapsed in the west portion of the lot, leaving a blood trail from the shooting site to where he fell.

He died early the next morning despite attempts to save him. Police identified 26-year-old Lorenzo DeAngelo Parker as the suspect; he was taken into custody and booked into the Salt Lake County jail on charges including felony discharge of a firearm and aggravated assault. A 13-year-old witnessed events that night, and Parker reportedly said after being secured in a patrol vehicle that he stole the gun from his cousin and I f∙∙∙∙ed up.

Did anyone in the area witness the argument or the moments before the shooting?