Tanya Elaine Johnson was 34 when she suffered a fatal gunshot wound to her upper torso on December 23, 2017, in Rolla, Missouri. Emergency responders treated her at the scene and she was transported to Phelps County Regional Medical Center, then airlifted to University Medical Center in Columbia, where she was pronounced dead that evening. An autopsy was performed shortly after the Christmas holiday as the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol opened an investigation.

Investigators focused on 26-year-old Dallas Truman Hogue, who had been with Tanya that day and drove her to the hospital. Hogue told detectives the shooting was accidental and that Tanya had shot herself; he also said he later returned to the County Road 3520 residence and the pistol accidentally discharged into the floor while he was handling it. Police searched the home and recovered a black Ruger .22-caliber pistol matching the weapon description. Hogue was arrested on December 24, 2017, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon while forensic evidence and the circumstances of the shooting were being examined.

Many in the community created online memorials calling for justice. Does anyone have information about Tanya, her movements on December 23, 2017, or details that could help clarify how the shooting occurred?