On April 28, 2014, 32-year-old David James Wheeler was shot once in the abdomen at the Mossville Road home of his girlfriend, Damar Kachmarsky, in Fairmount Township, Pennsylvania. A 16-year-old son of Kachmarsky fired the shotgun; Wheeler was airlifted to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, placed in an induced coma, and died on May 2, 2014. The Luzerne County Coroner ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators examined the couple’s turbulent relationship and a history of domestic violence attributed to Wheeler. Protection from abuse orders had been filed against him by his mother and a former girlfriend, and law enforcement had been called to the residence multiple times. Witnesses reported seeing bruises on Kachmarsky.

The probe considered whether the teen’s actions were criminal homicide or self-defense. Authorities reported the teen fired a warning shot, that Wheeler remained aggressive and allegedly threatened to kill the boy and dared him to shoot, and in January 2015 the Luzerne County District Attorney declined to file charges, concluding the teen acted in self-defense and in defense of his mother.

Did anyone in the area witness the April 28 altercation or have information about the couple’s history that could shed light on what happened that night?