Updated
Updated · Fox News · Aug 7
911 Audio Shows Missouri Teen Hid in Closet as 73-Year-Old Neighbor Killed 2 Over Noise
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Aug 7

911 Audio Shows Missouri Teen Hid in Closet as 73-Year-Old Neighbor Killed 2 Over Noise

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 7

Summary

  • 911 dispatch audio from the July 25 House Springs shooting shows a teenage friend hiding in a closet after seeing 73-year-old Robert Winkelman shoot Jessica Lashly, 38, and her 17-year-old daughter, Jersey Greer.
  • Deputies said Winkelman went to the home around 8:30 p.m. to complain about noise, shot Lashly in the head, then shot Greer as she rushed to help her mother.
  • Dispatchers said the caller stopped responding and two gunshots could be heard in the background; a third person was later chased by Winkelman but not shot.
  • Lashly and Greer died days later in a hospital, and investigators said Winkelman had ongoing frustrations with activity at the home and would have faced 2 first-degree murder counts.
  • Winkelman turned the gun on himself when deputies confronted him at his home shortly afterward and died Aug. 2, closing a case the sheriff's office described as a dispute between neighbors.

Insights

What dark frustrations pushed a 73-year-old man to turn a simple noise complaint into a devastating double homicide?
Could earlier intervention in this escalating neighborhood feud have saved a mother and her heroic teenage daughter?
How does a community heal when a minor dispute transforms a quiet street into a chilling, irreversible tragedy?