On February 17, 2017, around 5:30 a.m., 51-year-old Melvin Dyer was killed during a violent home invasion at an apartment near 1930 S. West Temple in Salt Lake City. Police responded to reports of an argument and shots fired and found Dyer dead; two other occupants, a man and a woman, had grazing head wounds.

Investigators say the attack began when 36-year-old Brody Olson forced his way into the apartment armed with a revolver and demanded wallets, purses, cell phones, and a safe. A physical struggle followed: one occupant struck Olson repeatedly with a flashlight and another bit him above the left eyebrow. Olson fired multiple times during the fight, and Dyer was struck in the chest and died.

Olson fled with the aid of 38-year-old Tonita Holland, who drove a stolen SUV to a South Salt Lake residence where residents called 911 because Olson appeared seriously injured. Both Olson and Holland were arrested at that location.