In the early morning of April 14, 2018, a violent confrontation in the parking lot of Bar Fly in Salem, Oregon, left 24-year-old Tobias Helms-Reese fatally shot. The shooting occurred around 2:30 a.m.; deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office found two men with gunshot wounds and both were taken to a local hospital. Helms-Reese died of his injuries; a second man survived in stable condition. A short time later, 21-year-old Tyler Longacre was found dead in a nearby parking lot; autopsies confirmed both men died from gunshot wounds.

Friends and family remembered Helms-Reese as an amazing father to his 3-year-old son with plans to send him to college. The investigation produced multiple arrests and convictions tied to the Bar Fly confrontation, including pleas and sentences for riot-related charges and a 20-year sentence for attempted aggravated murder, and a later conviction and life sentence for the second-degree murder of Tyler Longacre. As of late 2023, no one had been specifically charged with the murder of Tobias Helms-Reese and the inquiry into his death remains open.

Did anyone who knew Tobias or was at Bar Fly that night see something that could help resolve who shot him?