A Salt Lake City family home was the scene of deadly violence in the early morning hours of October 29, 2015. Around 2 a.m., 47-year-old Rusty Russell Reed Jacobs was awakened by someone trying to force entry. Jacobs went outside armed with a handgun and confronted the intruder, later identified as 34-year-old Jesse Lyle Bruner.

The encounter escalated when Bruner displayed a sawed-off shotgun and fired, hitting Jacobs in the hand and chest. Jacobs returned fire and shot Bruner multiple times. Both men were found critically injured near 3700 South and 3100 East; paramedics pronounced them dead at the scene. Investigators reported Bruner also had three knives and believe he selected the residence at random. The investigation concluded Jacobs acted in defense of his home and family, and no arrests were made because the alleged intruder died during the incident.

Rusty Jacobs was remembered by his obituary as a husband and father of four who died protecting his family. Does anyone have information about that neighborhood or that night that could add context to what happened?