Steven Christopher Snider was shot and killed in Ogden, Utah on December 30, 2016, around 4:45 p.m., a day after his 37th birthday. The shooting occurred near 27th Street and Adams Avenue; Snider died at the scene from a gunshot wound to the chest that struck his heart. He was a father of five, remembered by loved ones for his boisterous laughter, joking manner, and storytelling, and described as caring and creative despite struggles with addiction.

According to accounts, a dispute began after Snider allegedly sent a text to a woman that her brother, Agustin Gil, found disrespectful. Gil, a co-worker of Snider’s, confronted him at an apartment complex. Snider fled down the stairs, slipped on ice, and a scuffle followed. Another man, 32-year-old co-worker Jonathan Delgado, accompanied Gil and fired a single shot while Gil and Snider were scuffling. Officers conducting a nearby traffic stop heard the shot and saw a man standing over Snider before he ran into a nearby apartment and later barricaded himself. A standoff with a SWAT team lasted several hours before he surrendered peacefully.

Delgado was identified as the man who fled. Prosecutors said Delgado had been drinking and using methamphetamine with Gil before the confrontation and that Delgado admitted to shooting Snider in the moments after the killing. Does anyone have information about the confrontation that led to the shooting or knew Snider, Gil, or Delgado?