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James Plance, 45, of Smithfield, Pennsylvania, was shot to death on July 18, 2017. Police say the shooting took place at a home on Riger Road and that Plance was shot in the head. According to reports, Wiley Gambrel, 58, carried Plance’s body out on a dolly and placed it in a storage shed.

The incident is described as arising from a love triangle involving Plance, his girlfriend Deana Hughes, 33, and Gambrel. Authorities say all three had been smoking crack and drinking alcohol shortly before the shooting. Hughes called police hours after the shooting; Gambrel admitted to the killing, and Hughes was later charged with abuse of a corpse and other offenses for her role in helping Gambrel clean up the scene.

What details about the night on Riger Road might help explain how the situation escalated to lethal violence?