On March 18, 2014, Daniel Scott Houston, 37, was killed in a confrontation at a residence on South 30th Road outside Humansville, Missouri. The sequence began when Steven Wayne Ball, of Springfield, drove to the home after a call led him to believe his daughter and Houston were engaged in a physical dispute. Witnesses and court documents say the argument escalated in the driveway. Ball’s teenage grandson tried to pull Houston away; witnesses reported Houston punched Ball’s vehicle windshield, cracking it, and challenged Ball.

During the altercation Ball discharged a shotgun, hitting Houston in the chest. Emergency responders reached the scene but Houston died of his injuries. Ball was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting; the legal process moved forward in Polk County.

Did anyone in the area witness what happened that afternoon or know more about the parties involved?