Robert James Moon, 49, of Cairo, Georgia, was killed on May 26, 2017, after a violent escalation of an ongoing neighbor feud on Bond Road in Grady County. Earlier that day deputies had been called for reported gunfire near Nicolas Lopez’s property. When a deputy arrived, Moon was outside working on a truck with his half-brother; Lopez was described as agitated and smelling of alcohol. Witnesses later testified Lopez had fired earlier, threatened Moon, then approached Moon and fired a handgun at point-blank range, striking Moon in the right leg and the upper left chest.

Moon died shortly afterward; an obituary placed his death at Grady General Hospital. Investigators recovered .45-caliber shell casings at the scene, .223 casings in Lopez’s yard, long guns and .45 ammunition in Lopez’s home, and a bullet from Moon’s body consistent with having been fired from a Taurus .45 pistol. Lopez turned himself in the next day, admitted shooting Moon but claimed self-defense by saying Moon came at him with a knife; eyewitnesses disputed any knife. A grand jury indicted Nicolas Lopez on murder and related firearm charges, and a jury later found him guilty on the murder counts and the firearm-during-a-felony count, producing a life-without-parole sentence plus a consecutive five-year term.

Does anyone have additional details about the neighborhood feud or the events leading up to that evening?