The Brief

TEMPE, Ariz. - Gustavo Gonzalez—or Goose—was getting into his car, preparing to go to church, when Blystone started shooting him from his window, believing Gonzalez was from social media, sent to kill him.

Local perspective:

James Lenstrohm, owner of Dapper Devil Barbershop, explained to his client why Gustavo Gonzalez’s station inside Dapper Devil in Old Town Scottsdale sits empty.

"The gentleman who was in his apartment... the situation was not in Goose’s favor," Lenstrohm said.

The backstory:

Police said the situation involved 39-year-old Blaine Blystone, a gamer on the social media platform Discord. He told police he was receiving threats online.

Paranoid but unwilling to call police, Blystone chose to barricade himself inside his Camden Hayden apartment in Tempe on

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