Bryan Wall The last time Loni Wall saw her son was a month before his death.

She was talking with 31yearold Bryan on the phone for about 45 minutes when she heard her husband come home from work.

"I turned around from my computer to call out to his Dad and they were both standing there, Bryan with his beautiful grin, phone still in hand to surprise me," Loni said.

That's the kind of man Bryan was, his mother said.

Bryan Wall, 31, was killed on Nov. 16 in Simi Valley, outside the home of Harry Scribner, the father of his girlfriend.

According to police reports, Scribner grabbed his handgun when he was awakened in the middle of the night to beating on his door on Heavenly Court.

He found his daughter, 29year-old Jamie Scribner, and Wall in front of his house. After what police have called an "encounter," Wall died on Scribner's driveway of a gunshot wound to the neck.

People close to Wall told the Simi Valley Acorn this week that they have received little information about what could have provoked Scribner to shoot the father of a 6-year-old.

"I hope what I'm picturing in my mind is worse than what happened," said Lisa Wall, Bryan's sister-in-law. "We aren't getting any information. His side will never be heard.

"No matter what was happening, there was no reason for him to be shot," she continued. "I'm sure in hindsight (the Scribners) feel the same way."

Lisa Wall said Bryan had been dating Jamie Scribner on and off for a couple years. The two women saw each other during that time on some birthdays and holidays.

"I know she's probably hurting in her own way," Lisa said of Jamie Scribner. "Nobody wins here. I just wish we would hear something from her."

Chris Levine, a longtime family friend of the Walls, said she can't imagine why Bryan was killed.

"They were happy he was dating their daughter," Levine said of the Scribners. "I don't know why he would do what he did. Not knowing what really transpired, the why of the whole thing, that's very difficult.

"It was so unexpected and so unfair," Levine added. "He was so young. He didn't have a chance to live his life."

Wall's family admits Bryan had struggled with drugs but insists that his police record was no indication of the man he was.

"Yes, Bryan did have some problems, we won't deny that," said Loni Wall in an e-mail. "But those problems were his and he paid a price for them through the courts. He was doing well and was on his way back. Our greatest sorrow is not only losing Bryan, but that his life was taken away from him before he really had a chance to live."

Lisa Wall agreed.

"Regardless of what his demons were, he was trying to get back on track," she said. "That was taken away."

Lisa described Bryan as a "great brother and uncle and an incredible father." Lisa and Roger Wall, Bryan's only sibling, have two daughters, ages 6 and 8.

"He was like a big playmate for them," she said. "He loved to do stuff with them. We would go camping and ride motorcycles. He loved to be outside and play sports. He'd play ball with the kids. He was just up for anything when it came to the kids."

Bryan had Connor, his now 6year-old son, with his ex-wife, Jennifer.

"When he had the opportunity to be with his son, he would be," Lisa Wall said. "He would be at his baseball games and bring him to our house to play with our girls. He took them to (his parents') house in Nevada."

More than 200 people came to Chatsworth for Bryan's memorial service last week, although none of the Scribners were present.

Harry Scribner posted $540,000 bail two weeks ago, and after two continuances, is due to be arraigned Tues., Dec. 9.

Lisa Wall said it's been very difficult to see Harry Scribner in court.

"I know he's a person too, but it's hard to see him after what happened. It's going to be a long road," she said. "But something has to be done about it. This can't be washed. I think when this process is over, then we can start to heal.

"We miss him so much. To look at your brother-in-law in a box—no one should have to do that."

Loni Wall also spoke to Bryan the night he was killed, before he and Jamie left for a wrap party for one of the movies he was working on. Bryan had been in the entertainment business for more than 10 years, building and tearing down movie sets.

"He was telling me about where he was going that night," Loni Wall said. "His final words to me were, 'I love you, Mom.' I will carry those words and that memory with me for the rest of my life."