Landon Ray Aufleger, 25, was shot and killed in Stillwater, Oklahoma on April 14, 2022. Landon left the scene in his vehicle driving eastbound; multiple gunshots were then fired at his car. His vehicle later struck a parked car near 12th and Lewis Street. Emergency responders arrived about 5:26 p.m. and Landon was pronounced dead at the scene from an apparent gunshot wound.

Stillwater police arrested 25-year-old Darrin Joseph Bacchus outside the barbershop and he was treated as the primary suspect. Bacchus told investigators he had been assaulted by four people inside the shop, that he feared for his life, and that after retrieving a firearm from his vehicle he fired at Landon’s fleeing car because he believed he was about to be shot. The case went to a Payne County jury and Bacchus was acquitted of first-degree manslaughter.

What details about the confrontation inside the barbershop or the moments immediately after the shooting might help explain how events escalated to deadly gunfire?