In the early hours of April 14, 2018, a confrontation in the parking lot of Bar Fly’s Grill in Salem, Oregon, turned deadly when gunfire erupted around 2:30 a.m. Twenty-one-year-old Tyler Longacre was caught in that burst of shots and was later found dead in the nearby parking lot of a dialysis center; an autopsy confirmed a fatal gunshot wound. The same incident also killed 24-year-old Tobias Helms-Reese and injured a third man.

Authorities arrested several people during the investigation. Cain G. Thompson and Santano G. Sauseda were taken into custody immediately; Elijah Watterson was arrested a week later in California. Thompson and Sauseda pleaded guilty to riot, with Sauseda also admitting to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Watterson pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including attempted aggravated murder and riot, and received a 20-year prison sentence.

A jury later found 44-year-old Lucias R. Harris guilty of second-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm after a retrial. The court heard that Harris shot the unarmed Longacre as Longacre was fleeing the initial shooting. Harris was sentenced to life in prison with a requirement to serve at least 25 years before parole eligibility. Anyone who knew Tyler or has information about that night is asked to come forward.