A late-night dispute over an iPad at Bites N Pipes hookah lounge in the Bayberry Square strip mall in Joplin, Missouri, ended in multiple deaths in June 2020. What began as an argument escalated into a physical fight involving 20-year-old Raymond Badios. Police say Badios retrieved a firearm, fired as he was leaving, and struck 36-year-old Toua Lee—who was reportedly not part of the initial altercation—before wounding another patron and then shooting 30-year-old Chong Xiong multiple times. Several people inside the lounge tackled and held Badios until officers arrived. Both Chong Xiong and Toua Lee were pronounced dead at the scene; another person was seriously injured.

Badios was arrested at the lounge. Prosecutors charged him with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of assault, and three counts of armed criminal action. Bites N Pipes management said the shooter was not a regular patron and provided surveillance footage and witness information to investigators.