Harry Montgomery was 68 and known as Monty in his Mohawk, New York community. On the morning of March 13, 2013, a shooter set a fire at his own apartment in Mohawk, then drove a short distance to John’s Barber Shop and opened fire with a shotgun. Montgomery was killed inside the barbershop; two other people there, owner John Seymour and customer Dan Haslauer, were critically wounded.

The assailant continued into nearby Herkimer, where two more men, Thomas Stefka and Michael Renshaw, were shot and killed at a second business. Authorities identified the suspect as Kurt Myers, 64, and reported weapons and ammunition found connected to his residence. After a nearly twenty-hour standoff in an abandoned Herkimer building, law enforcement moved in; the suspect shot and killed a police K-9 and was then shot and killed by officers.

Those left behind were four grieving families and a village shaken by violence in a place described as close-knit. Did anyone in Mohawk or Herkimer who knew Monty or witnessed the morning’s events come forward with details that might clarify what led up to the shootings?