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Susana Perez-Ruelas, a 34-year-old Latina, was shot and killed on October 24, 2012, at her home in Downey, California. The attack was part of a violent rampage that also killed two other people and wounded her mother-in-law and her 13-year-old son. Investigators tied the shootings to a botched Craigslist robbery aimed at a 2010 Camaro being sold by United States Fire Protection, a business co-owned by Perez-Ruelas’ husband.

Authorities say suspect Jade Douglas Harris, 30, went to the business intent on robbing the car’s owners. When workers could not produce the keys, Harris allegedly shot and killed two workers and wounded another, then forced Perez-Ruelas and her son to drive him to their home to retrieve the keys. There, Perez-Ruelas was shot and killed and her son wounded. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case and Harris was convicted on multiple counts related to the killings and attacks, with special circumstance findings of multiple murder and murder during the commission of burglary, carjacking, and kidnapping.

Does anyone have information about the events that led up to the confrontation at United States Fire Protection or knew Susana Perez-Ruelas?