On the morning of April 3, 2017, 36-year-old Chinika Shari Hursey and her boyfriend, 36-year-old Steven Scott Campbell, were found shot to death in an upstairs bedroom of Chinika’s home on Bald Eagle Court in Randallstown, Maryland. Several children were in the house at the time but were not physically harmed; one child told a friend of Chinika’s estranged husband, Mommy and Steven are dead, after the friend found the children outside.

Investigators focused on Chinika’s estranged husband, 43-year-old Dominick Hursey, who had a history of violence toward Chinika. Chinika had obtained a protective order against Dominick weeks earlier, alleging he had choked her and threatened to kill her; the order was served days before the killings. Dominick was found at the scene and arrested; authorities say he staged the scene to appear like a robbery, lied about his whereabouts, and had ammunition consistent with the bullets used in a vehicle he had access to. Text messages from another woman pleading with him not to do anything rash were also recovered.

Dominick Daniel Hursey was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and related gun offenses. The case raises questions about enforcement and the protective order’s effectiveness, and anyone with information about Chinika, Steven, or the events leading up to April 3, 2017 is asked to come forward.