On April 2, 2018, Edward Rawlins, a 51-year-old Black/African American man, was found fatally shot inside a duplex in Kansas City, Kansas. Two other men in the home—46-year-old David Rawlins and 40-year-old Addrin Coats—were also found dead from gunshot wounds. A woman discovered a body near the front door and alerted authorities.

Investigators tied the scene to a single suspect, MonDale Le’on Douglas. Cell phone records showed calls from two victims to Douglas in the hours before the killings. A neighbor reported hearing a loud argument followed by about 17 gunshots. Shell casings for a rare 32-20 caliber firearm were recovered and traced to Douglas, surveillance placed him near the duplex around the time of the shootings, and a jacket with gunpowder residue was found in his residence.

Douglas was arrested, tried in Wyandotte County, and convicted by a jury on January 30, 2020, of three counts of premeditated first-degree murder. He received three consecutive hard 50 sentences in March 2020. The motive was not established during the trial.

Did anyone in the community know the victims or witness unusual activity around the duplex that night?