Cherokee County Sheriff Brent Dickson has said Clinton and Gerla were in a relationship, as were Hickey and Bain.
Pawlowski told investigators that he met Clinton and Gerla on the dating app Grindr and entered into a sexual relationship with them, the Ranger, Nicholas Castle, said in affidavits. Pawlowski said he had visited Gerla’s home several times and knew that the couple had multiple firearms, including a handgun Clinton wanted to sell for $500, he wrote.
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office via AP
This combo of undated photos provided by the Cherokee County, Texas, Sheriff's Office shows, from left, Dylan Welch, Jesse Pawlowski, and Billy Phillips. The three men, charged in the fatal shootings of four people in East Texas this week, met up with one of the victims under the pretense of buying a gun from him but planned to steal it, according to a court document. All three have been charged with capital murder in killings near New Summerfield, Texas.