The Star Tribune reported that at 5:40 p.m. the night he was attacked, Mitchell-Momoh called 911 and told the operator he had been shot several times. When police arrived, they found Mitchell-Momoh and Baugh's two daughters, both under five, with him but they weren't harmed. According to Mitchell-Momoh, a "masked shooter came through the front door and opened fire." He quickly ran upstairs with his children and screamed, "I am dead already! My babies are here!"

When asked why this might have happened, Mitchell-Momoh told authorities he "believed he was the target either because he’d been 'flashing a lot of money' on social media, or because people thought he was a police cooperator," per the Associated Press. It was later revealed that Mitchell-Momoh was a local rapper who had a falling out with a friend over a record deal he signed.

Court documents obtained by the Associated Press show that authorities got a tip that a "paid hit had been placed on Mitchell-Momoh by the friend-turned-rival." Unfortunately, there's more to this story and the other person involved wasn't as lucky. Less than an hour after Mitchell-Momoh called police, ShotSpotter technology alerted authorities to gunfire near an alley. When they arrived, they found "Baugh shot in the torso and in the face at close range. Her hands were bound by tape," said the Star Tribune.