In the early hours of July 30, 2020, 40-year-old William Pottorff was shot and killed in a room at the Scotsman Inn West in Wichita, Kansas. Police found Pottorff with multiple gunshot wounds; he died at the scene. Investigators said the incident was not random and suggested a connection to illegal drugs.

Both men produced handguns and an exchange of gunfire followed. Whyte was shot multiple times and was taken to a local hospital by associates, where he later died on August 1, 2020.

Following the shooting, four people were arrested and charged with crimes including first-degree murder and aggravated burglary: Braxton Cooley, 23; Akakia Farbes, 23; Koby Fisher, 23; and 43-year-old Eugene Donnald of Illinois. Several of those defendants later entered pleas and received sentences or acquittals. Is there anyone who knew William or who can help fill in what led to that motel confrontation?