On June 1, 1986, 38-year-old James Shoemake was killed at a trailer home in Stonewall, Louisiana, during a confrontation over a vehicle title. Shoemake, a former president of the Shreveport chapter of the Bandidos motorcycle club, was accompanied by 33-year-old fellow member Lloyd Dale Randolph when the two went to the residence armed with two handguns and an ax handle to settle the dispute.

According to reports, Shoemake and Randolph were beating the resident, Dennis Baker, with the ax handle when Baker fired a 9mm pistol in defense. Both Shoemake and Randolph died of their injuries. Investigators later concluded that Baker had acted in self-defense; the killings were ruled justifiable and no arrests were made.

Are there details from that day or about the people involved that readers can add to help complete the picture?