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Five years after a fatal shooting at a South Salt Lake reception hall, charges were filed Tuesday against the man that police believe pulled the trigger.

Anthony Derek Long Soldier, 36, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with first-degree felony murder and a first-degree felony firearms charge. He is accused of shooting and killing 19-year-old Stephen Angel Lopez outside the Arbat Reception Hall on Oct. 1, 2011, and shooting and wounding another man.

More than 100 people had attended a rap concert that night, according to police, and the occasion "brought a large number of known rival gang members" to the hall, located at 375 E. 3300 South.

While at the concert, Lopez was asked by another man "where he was from," according to charging documents, and Lopez answered with the name of the gang that he belonged to.

The man replied that it was "the wrong gang," and punched Lopez, according to charging documents. A witness later told police that Lopez was unarmed and tried to leave the venue — but was stopped by the crowd of people trying to leave the rap concert.

Long Soldier, who was a fellow gang member of the man who punched Lopez, then allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Lopez once in the chest. He then shot again into the crowd of people leaving the reception hall, striking another man in the arm.

Lopez was taken to a local hospital and died the following day.

Long Soldier allegedly told friends after the shooting that he had shot Lopez and had shot into the crowd, according to charging records.

Along with the shooting victims, two others were stabbed in the chaotic fight that spilled out into the street.

Long Soldier is currently incarcerated at a federal penitentiary for a drug conviction, according to a news release from the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office.

Federal court records show that in October 2012, Long Soldier was indicted in U.S. District Court in South Dakota with conspiracy to posses with intent to distribute a controlled substance, in connection with 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. He pleaded guilty in June 2013 to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and was sentenced in August 2013 to 100 months in federal prison. In August 2015, his sentence was reduced to 84 months, followed by four years of supervised release, according to court records.