On the evening of August 18, 2017, a domestic dispute at a Route Y home southwest of Bowling Green, Missouri, ended when 31-year-old Alexander Koch was shot in the abdomen. Koch lived at the house with his mother and his 60-year-old stepfather, Michael Allan Black. The confrontation reportedly began inside the residence; Black later said Koch struck him repeatedly with a skateboard and then left for about fifteen minutes. Black then retrieved a .357 Smith & Wesson revolver, waited on the back patio, and when Koch returned shot him once.

Authorities were called about 10:13 p.m.; one of the children in the home initially called before Koch’s mother took over and reported that her husband had shot her son. Deputies found Koch with the wound; he was taken to Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana, Missouri, where he died. Black was found on the patio table, smoking, with the revolver tucked in his waistband and was taken into custody. He was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action, later tried, convicted of second-degree murder and armed criminal action, and sentenced on July 23, 2021.

Does anyone have information about the relationship between Koch and Black or about the events that evening that could shed more light on what happened?