On Sunday, February 21, 2021, a double homicide was discovered at a home on Greenfield Street in Avilla, Missouri. Inside the residence, 34-year-old Mason McClure and 34-year-old Nicole Hodges had both sustained multiple gunshot wounds; shell casings at the scene confirmed gunfire and Jasper County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators focused on 24-year-old Kevin Clay Johnson of Reeds, Missouri. According to court documents, Johnson travelled to the Avilla home believing McClure and Hodges were responsible for the death of his girlfriend, Brylee O'Banion, also known as Keegan Miles. The documents say Johnson admitted taking a firearm from his father’s house, returning to the residence and shooting both victims, striking McClure in the back. He was arrested the next morning and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

What did anyone in Avilla know about tensions involving these people before February 21, 2021?