A personal dispute in Buffalo, New York, turned deadly on June 7, 2020, when 27-year-old Gregory V. Ellis was shot and killed. The same incident also claimed the life of 31-year-old Joseph A. Martin. Authorities identified a known associate of Ellis as the primary suspect; forensic analysis and witness testimony were cited as tying the suspect to the shootings and indicating the dispute as the catalyst.

An arrest was made and the suspect was charged with second-degree murder. The case went to trial, the jury returned a guilty verdict, and the defendant received a lengthy prison sentence for the murders of Gregory V. Ellis and Joseph A. Martin. What details about Ellis’s life in Buffalo or the circumstances leading up to June 7 might help explain how the dispute escalated?