In the early hours of a February morning in Oakland City, Indiana, a dispute that began over a motel room escalated into a fatal encounter. Steven J. Hess, the 48-year-old male manager of the Diplomat Motel, was shot and killed on February 7, 2018. The incident unfolded in the parking lot of the motel, cutting short the life of a man known in his community.
The conflict started the previous night with complaints of noise coming from a room at the motel. By the next morning, Hess had decid
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