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SPRINGVILLE — As police continue to investigate the killing of a man gunned down in an apartment complex parking lot, additional information about the shooting death has been revealed in newly unsealed court documents.
Just before 3 a.m. on Nov. 18, Michael Mayer had just gotten out of his car when he was shot multiple times at an apartment complex at 216 S. 100 West in Springville. Family members say he had just gotten off work.
Mayer was on the phone with a friend when he was confronted. The friend told police that after Mayer got out of his car, he could hear a man with a deep voice in the background demanding Mayer give him money, according to several search warrant affidavits filed in 4th District Court.
"(The friend) overheard the victim tell the suspect that his money was in the driver side door of his vehicle. (The friend) stated that the victim advised him to call 911. (He) hung up the voice call and immediately called 911. (The friend) stated that it seemed like the suspect male was in a big rush to get the money," according to the court documents.
Mayer's brother, who lives at the apartment complex, also received a phone call from the friend who told him his "brother was getting mugged," according to the affidavits. The brother went outside and found Mayer on the ground.
The first officers to arrive at the scene spotted 43-year-old Amanda Bird walking in the area where the shooting occurred, and then watched as she appeared to try and hide from officers, according to police.
"Due to the nature of the incident, officers held Bird at gunpoint and commanded her to stop. Officers indicated that Bird then looked around as if thinking of what to do and then ran down the stairwell and entered (an apartment)," according to police booking affidavit.
Once she was in the apartment, Bird called emergency dispatchers several times asking why police were at her residence and said "she would only talk with officers from the window." She also would occasionally "open the door of the residence, scream obscenities at the police, then slam the door shut," according to the arrest report.
"While Bird was speaking to dispatch, they could hear two males in the background. It appeared that one male was crying and the other was consoling him," the affidavits state.
Inside the apartment with Bird were a 49-year-old man and his 22-year-old son. All three were eventually taken into custody for questioning. But only Bird was arrested and later charged in 4th District Court with obstruction of justice.
As of Monday, the gunman in Mayer's death had not been arrested.
