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Richard Eugene Smith Jr. was 53 when he and his 17-year-old son, Tyler, were fatally shot at a Kalamazoo car dealership on February 20, 2016. The pair were reportedly looking at vehicles when a gunman approached and opened fire.

Authorities say the shooter was identified as Jason Dalton, a 45-year-old Uber driver who carried out a shooting spree across Kalamazoo County that night, killing six people in total and seriously injuring two others at three locations. Dalton was arrested the next morning and was charged with six counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and felony firearm charges.

Dalton told police he had been controlled by a devil figure on the Uber app and his lawyers initially planned an insanity defense, but he was found competent to stand trial. As the trial was about to begin in January 2019, Dalton pleaded guilty to all charges and on February 5, 2019, received life sentences without the possibility of parole. Relatives, including Laurie Smith, spoke at sentencing about their loss.

Did anyone who knew Richard or Tyler see them at the dealership that night or have information about their movements earlier that day?