A long-running neighbor feud in rural Bayfield, Wisconsin, ended in fatal violence on May 8, 2020. Michael Kinney, 64, was shot three times during a physical confrontation with his neighbor Randy Erickson, 62. Emergency crews were called about 10 p.m., but Kinney died shortly after their arrival.

Neighbors had known about years of acrimony between the two men, including a dispute over a road and culvert and conflicts tied to Erickson’s trucking company. Erickson had obtained a restraining order against Kinney two years before the shooting. The immediate altercation that night reportedly began over an incident involving Erickson’s wife, escalated into punches exchanged, and ended when Erickson produced a firearm and shot Kinney.

Erickson was arrested by the Bayfield County Sheriff’s Office and charged with first-degree intentional homicide; the trial record shows he admitted to the shooting and a jury returned a guilty verdict for second-degree intentional homicide.