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David Lawrence Burwell, 25, was killed in a downtown Salt Lake City parking garage in the early morning of September 15, 2018. The violence began earlier that night at a bar called Wasted Space, where two groups were involved in a heated confrontation. After the groups separated, Burwell, his girlfriend and friends went to the Exchange Place parking garage at 55 E. Exchange Place and ran into the other group again on the lower level.

According to reports, a man from the opposing group reportedly produced a handgun, several shots were fired, and Burwell was struck in the torso. He died at the scene and the suspects fled in a vehicle. Investigators later identified several people of interest and sought 30-year-old Francis Lee Ragsdale, described as armed and dangerous, and 38-year-old Thalwallkelah Lamar Washington as individuals to be questioned.

In September 2022, four years after the killing, criminal charges were filed against three men in connection with Burwell’s death, though none were charged with murder. What information do readers have about that night or about anyone who might have seen activity at the Exchange Place garage?