Daniel Dan Hunt, 35, was shot to death in a Colorado Springs neighborhood on July 31, 2019. Daniel Gray, 40, who was reportedly high on methamphetamine that day, intervened after hearing the argument. He first claimed self-defense, saying Hunt lunged at him, but later recanted and admitted he had not seen Hunt strike Bennett.

Bennett told detectives she and Hunt were standing with their arms around each other when she heard four successive shots. The two men had a history of conflicts, including an earlier incident in which Gray allegedly assaulted Hunt with a barbell. Hunt, known as Dizzle to friends and family, was born in Germany, lived in Colorado Springs, worked as a tow-truck driver before running his own construction and remodeling business, and was the father of four, including newborn twins.

Gray was later found guilty of second-degree murder and attempted first-degree assault for Hunt’s death.