On the afternoon of Tuesday, February 6, 2018, police responded to a 911 call reporting shots fired at a home on Pioneer Trail in the Mountain Lodge section of Blooming Grove, New York. Officers found 35-year-old James Bawn inside the residence deceased from a gunshot wound; prosecutors later said he had been shot four times in the head and torso with a .45 caliber pistol. The shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute that escalated into a fatal confrontation.

The investigation identified his older brother, 37-year-old George Bawn, as the suspect. George was located near the house and taken into custody by the New York State Police and charged with second-degree murder. In October 2018 an Orange County Court Judge sentenced George Bawn to 20 years to life in prison following a guilty plea entered the previous month in which he admitted intentionally killing his brother.

If anyone knew James or has information about the events that led to the February 6, 2018 shooting, please come forward with what you know.