A dispute that began on social media over the mother of his child escalated into fatal violence for 26-year-old Mason Lang-Goins of Ambridge, Pennsylvania. According to authorities, the confrontation occurred on a Tuesday afternoon on Church Street after Lang-Goins went to the home of a former friend, 26-year-old Nicholas Tyler Andrews, to confront him. Neighbors reported hearing four or five gunshots.

Police found Lang-Goins with gunshot wounds to his arm and torso; he was pronounced dead at the scene by the Beaver County Deputy Coroner. Investigators recovered a black Rock Island .38 special revolver and six spent shell casings. Andrews was taken into custody at the scene and charged with criminal homicide; he was being held in the Beaver County Jail without bond and had a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 17.

Lang-Goins was a father to a young son and is remembered by family and friends as a good person with a generous spirit. If anyone has information about what led to the confrontation or witnessed the shooting, please come forward.