Late October 2021, a Farmington, Minnesota neighborhood was the scene of a family mass killing. Jack John Maloney, 55, was found dead in the basement of his home on 183rd Street West from a gunshot wound to the head. Two other family members were also killed: Tracy Ahn Maloney, 53, was discovered in the kitchen bludgeoned to death with a hammer, and Scott Connor Maloney, 23, was found on the second floor with a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

Officers responded on the evening of October 27, 2021, after concerns for Tracy’s welfare led a friend to request a check. At the partially open front door, 26-year-old Blake Thomas Maloney answered and immediately told officers he had killed them. Blake was taken into custody and later charged with three counts of second-degree murder. During his interview he admitted shooting Jack and Scott with an AR-15 style rifle days earlier and killing Tracy with a hammer, saying he did not believe Jack, Tracy and Scott were his real family. A hammer and an AR-15 style rifle were recovered from the living room.

Did anyone in the area know of tensions in the family or notice anything unusual at the Maloney home in the days before October 27?