On the evening of June 25, 2016, state troopers responding to reports of gunfire found three people shot inside a barn on a property on Welsh Run Road in Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania. Wendy Ann Chaney, 39, of Hagerstown, Maryland, and Brandon Cole, 47, of Fayetteville, were found dead. Phillip Matthew Jackson, 36, of Greencastle, was found with severe injuries and later died at a hospital. All three victims had their hands zip-tied behind their backs and an attempt had been made to set their bodies on fire; Chaney had been shot twice, once in the back and once in the back of the neck.

Investigators say the killings grew out of a murder-for-hire scheme tied to local drug trafficking. Chaney had been assisting Torey White and Kevin Coles in drug distribution, then began cooperating with federal authorities after her arrest on drug charges. When White, Coles, and Devin Dickerson learned of her cooperation, they arranged to have her killed. Members of a Baltimore gang were recruited to carry out the attack; Jackson and Cole were killed at the barn to eliminate witnesses when the killers found more people than expected.

A long investigation resulted in multiple charges and convictions connected to the triple homicide, including lengthy sentences for several of the accused. If anyone has information about the events at the Welsh Run Road property or knew any of the victims, please come forward.