On the afternoon of Sunday, December 18, 2016, 72-year-old Ronald Massengale stepped out of his Tulsa home near West 8th Street and Charles Page Boulevard armed with a rifle or shotgun as officers responded to a disturbance. Witnesses saw him point the weapon at police; officers held position until Massengale fired his shotgun at them. Officer Steve Dickson, 41, then fired, striking Massengale in the street and ending the confrontation.

When officers entered the house they found 67-year-old Jacquelyn Massengale dead of gunshot wounds and three family dogs also shot. Investigators reported the home’s natural gas had been turned on and say evidence indicates Ronald killed his wife and the animals, manipulated the gas line, then deliberately fired outside to draw police and advanced toward them with the gun raised. Police labeled this a domestic homicide and counted both deaths among Tulsa’s 2016 homicides.

Did anyone in the neighborhood know the Massengales well enough to add context about their behavior or recent events leading up to December 18, 2016?