I am so glad her son survived. That must have been so terrifying to experience. My heart goes out to him.

Jacara Sproaps, 38, was shot and killed on July 13, 2016, in the Gravois Park neighborhood of south St. Louis. A long-serving principal at Dunbar Elementary School, she had been an active educator for more than a decade. On the evening after 10 p.m., Sproaps was with her boyfriend, 40-year-old Maurice Partlow, near her home when her ex-boyfriend, 40-year-old Maurice Hoskins, approached and an argument began.

Sproaps and her 18-year-old son tried to flee, but Hoskins pursued and fired, striking Sproaps in the back of the head and critically wounding her son as he tried to help his mother. Responding officers were also fired upon; one was grazed in the leg before Hoskins was taken into custody after a short foot chase.

Charges were filed against Maurice Hoskins, including two counts of first-degree murder, multiple counts of armed criminal action, and counts of assault against an officer. Does anyone have memories of Sproaps as a school leader or information about that night that could help fill in remaining details?