[3] On December 30, 2020, police arrived on the Pennsylvania Route 33 overpass above Interstate 80 responding to a call about a distraught man, later identified as Hall.

[1][6] Hall was carrying a pellet gun and allegedly picked it back up from the ground, after commands issued by the police.

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump also stated that Hall was in need of help and seemed to be contemplating suicide.

[9] In March 2021, Michael Mancuso, an assistant district attorney, called Hall's death a "classic suicide by cop scenario" at a news conference.

[2] In November 2021, a new video was released which shows Hall holding the pellet gun with his hands raised at the time of his killing.

The videos show that Hall’s hands were still in the air as two troopers fired a second series of shots which took his life.