On the evening of April 22, 2016, a domestic dispute in Appling, Georgia, escalated into a mass killing that left five people dead, including 62-year-old Shelly Williams. The shooter, identified as 50-year-old Wayne Anthony Hawes, first went to a home on Johnson Drive and shot Roosevelt Burns, 75, Rheba Mae Dent, 85, and Trequilla Aisha Kelia Clark, 30. Less than an hour later he drove to Washington Road and fatally shot Shelly Williams and her 59-year-old wife, Lizzy Williams.

Witnesses at the Williams residence reported seeing a man leave in a car before a relative entered and screamed for someone to call 911. After the shootings, Hawes was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in his garage; investigators say he may have tried to set his house on fire beforehand. The attack is described as the largest killing spree in Columbia County history and left Appling reeling.

If anyone knew Shelly Williams or has information about the events that night, please share what you know.