On the evening of May 28, 2021, 28-year-old Omar Isael Gomez Salazar traveled from Colorado to Magna, Utah, for work and attended a barbecue on Westbury Drive. Shortly after he got out of his car, witnesses and a Ring doorbell camera recorded a confrontation in which 44-year-old Juan Alvarez reportedly raised a gun, fired a single shot, and Omar fell to the ground. Video shows the suspect pacing, then kicking Omar, and later pointing the weapon at two people in Omar’s vehicle and pulling the trigger without the gun firing.

Alvarez fled but was located hours later about 117 miles away and taken into custody after a police chase. He was charged with aggravated murder, failure to stop at the command of a law officer, carrying a dangerous weapon under the influence, and driving under the influence. Omar, a father of two, was pronounced dead at the scene by responding officers.

Did anyone at the barbecue or in the neighborhood notice anything before the confrontation that could help explain what sparked the argument?