Jeremy Dean Clark was 32 and from Newland, North Carolina. He died after being shot during a domestic dispute that turned into a shootout on the evening of June 27, 2022, at 6376 Rhododendron Run. Burke County 911 received a call at 5:32 p.m.; deputies from Burke and Avery counties responded. Clark and another man, 33-year-old Anthony Simon Franklin, died en route to the hospital. A 56-year-old woman, Polly Ann Keller, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The preliminary investigation reported that two of the three deceased had fired shots and that the incident appeared related to a domestic situation. Clark was remembered by family as a devoted partner to his girlfriend, Keetha Black, and protective of her daughter Madie, and as someone who enjoyed riding his four-wheeler and hunting.

What details about the events that night or the people involved might help explain how the shooting began?