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SALT LAKE CITY — Eli Paul and his family were headed to a fancy dinner last Saturday when they saw a man, laying on the ground, waving his arms for help. Paul got out of the car and ran to help.
"I grabbed his chest," Paul told KSL-TV. "He had a bullet wound."
Police later said 41-year-old Deliford Knight, from Florida, had just left a sneaker convention at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 150 S. West Temple, on Sept. 3.
According to a police report, Knight and some friends have been known to attend conventions like the one held in Utah on Saturday, with the intent to defraud people out of money.
Police believe Nogolweit "Nunu" Kug, 18, shot and killed Knight after being a victim of the alleged scam, according to charging documents filed earlier this week. Two others, Deng Mawut Buk, 22, and Joshua Goy Riak, 21, have also been charged in connection with Knight's killing.
KSL.com confirmed Deng Buk is the brother of Buk Buk, who has been charged with murder in the death of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe last October.
Paul and his family did not witness the shooting on Saturday, but said they will never forget the scene when they arrived. Paul got down on the ground with Knight to try to comfort him.
"I got you, I got you," Paul told Knight.
But moments later, Knight died.
"I didn't know he was going to die," said Paul. "So when he died, his eyes went like this, rolled back and then he took his last breath."
On the cellphone video, police arrived moments later and can be heard telling Paul they had first been sent to the wrong address.
Paul said he, too, was taken to the police station for questioning and later met with therapists there. He will meet with them again tomorrow. He says he hasn't been the same since.
"I cry every day," Paul said. "I close my eyes, I see his eyes."
