he was dead before he left. reporter: cold, methodical, like a professional hit. yet amazingly, somebody was sitting in a car maybe six feet away, watched the whole thing. ordinary guy minding his own business. now eyewitness to a brutal slaying. the man s name was lee carlson. the hand came up, reached inside of his pocket, out came a gun. and pointed at the other man right in the face and pulled the trigger. reporter: here at the police station lee told how he ducked out of sight after that first shot. but not before he got a glimpse of the shooter. as far as i can remember he had a longer nose. and i can t tell eye color but his eyes seemed to be more bulgy. you just saw a glimpse. i know year asking a lot. reporter: but what stood out most ways his hair, long, tied in a ponytail. looked out of place like a wig. before the shooting, said lee, he heard the man s voice, sounded eastern european, maybe slavic.
the fifth shot was done while the shooter was standing over top of him and shot him in the face. reporter: yeah. oh. the shooter was making sure he was dead before he left. reporter: cold, methodical, like a professional hit. yet amazingly, somebody was sitting in a car maybe six feet away, watched the whole thing. ordinary guy minding his own business. now eyewitness to a brutal slaying. the man s name was lee carlson. the hand came up, reached inside of his pocket, out came a gun. and pointed at the other man right in the face and pulled the trigger. reporter: here at the police station lee told how he ducked out of sight after that first shot. but not before he got a glimpse of the shooter. as far as i can remember he had a longer nose. and i can t tell eye color but his eyes seemed to be more bulgy. you just saw a glimpse. i know year asking a lot. reporter: but what stood out most ways his hair, long, tied in a ponytail.
like a professional hit. yet amazingly, somebody was sitting in a car maybe six feet away, watched the whole thing. ordinary guy minding his own business. now eyewitness to a brutal slaying. the man s name was lee carlson. the hand came up, reached inside of his pocket, out came a gun. and pointed at the other man right in the face and pulled the trigger. reporter: here at the police station lee told how he ducked out of sight after that first shot. but not before he got a glimpse of the shooter. as far as i can remember he had a longer nose. and i can t tell eye color but his eyes seemed to be more bulgy. you just saw a glimpse. i know year asking a lot. reporter: but what stood out most ways his hair, long, tied in a ponytail. looked out of place like a wig. before the shooting, said lee, he heard the man s voice,
before the shooting, said lee, he heard the man s voice, sounded eastern european, maybe slavic. police believe both men came here in the victim s car, which the shooter then used to flee the scene. as for the victim, you heard the name by now ken dolezsar, the extremely wealthy local investor. my daughter called me just bawling. she told me ken s been shot, and he s dead. wow. reporter: matt beaudry considered ken dolezsar to be one of his closest friends. they founded and coached a college hockey team together. the ken he knew wasn t just a wealthy businessman, he was deeply concerned for the boys on the team. i watched him pull out his wallet and slip money into the kids pockets because he heard they needed tuition money, couldn t buy their books. reporter: now his friend, their friend, was dead. some of those kids just broke down and bawled. reporter: at the loft building in downtown salt lake, the news rocketed from floor to floor.
oh. the shooter was making sure he was dead before he left. reporter: cold, methodical, like a professional hit. yet amazingly, somebody was sitting in a car maybe six feet away, watched the whole thing. ordinary guy minding his own business. now eyewitness to a brutal slaying. the man s name was lee carlson. the hand came up, reached inside of his pocket, out came a gun. and pointed at the other man right in the face and pulled the trigger. reporter: here at the police station lee told how he ducked out of sight after that first shot. but not before he got a glimpse of the shooter. as far as i can remember he had a longer nose. and i can t tell eye color but his eyes seemed to be more bulgy. you just saw a glimpse. i know we re kind of asking a lot. reporter: but what stood out most was his hair, long, tied in a ponytail, looked out of place, like a wig.