On the afternoon of March 16, 1982, shots rang out at a target range outside Worland, and a 31-year-old White male, Gerald “Jerry” P. Salzman, was found dead alongside his friend and co-worker, 39-year-old Richard Edward Nickels.
Both men were described in following reports as oilfield workers who had gone to the Worland range that day.
Detectives quickly focused on a single suspect. Within days, Donald L. Souter was charged with killing of Gerald 'Jerry' P.
Salzman and his companion at the Worland target range that afternoon.
Court records and later agency notices confirm that a Washakie County jury convicted Souter of first-degree murder and that a district judge—Harold Joffe—sentenced him to life in prison on April 22, 1982.
No additional suspects were publicly identified after the conviction, and no further arrests tied to the shootings were reported.
Decades later, officials noted the same outcome when announcing that the convicted killer had died in state custody in 2022, closing the final chapter on the prosecution for the death of Gerald 'Jerry' P. Salzman
