A social visit between friends in Montezuma Creek, Utah, ended in homicide on August 28, 2015. Anthony John Judy, 31, was killed after an alcohol-fueled fight with 25-year-old Raymus Sheldon Whitehorse, both members of the Navajo Nation. Whitehorse arrived at Judy’s home armed with a 9 mm handgun and placed it on a shelf. During the fight Judy reportedly gained control of the gun and struck Whitehorse in the head several times before the weapon fell to the ground.

As Judy began to walk away, Whitehorse is reported to have picked up the discarded handgun and fired one shot that struck Judy in the chest, a wound described as mortal. Whitehorse was arrested, indicted by a federal grand jury for manslaughter in Indian Country in September 2015, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, and in December 2016 was sentenced to 63 months in prison followed by three years of probation.

Are there witnesses or family members with additional details about the evening that might clarify how the fight escalated?