On the evening of August 16, 2014, 68-year-old Iraqi-American visitor May Araim of Houston, Texas, was walking in the tourist town of Helen, Georgia, when she was struck in the side by a stray bullet and pronounced dead at the scene. Araim was wearing a traditional hijab when the shot that killed her originated from across Main Street.

Police found 55-year-old Jasper, Georgia, business owner Glenn Patrick Lampien at the scene with a gunshot wound to his hand. Investigators concluded Lampien had accidentally discharged a small-caliber handgun; the bullet struck his hand, then traveled across the street and hit Araim. Lampien was arrested and charged with felony involuntary manslaughter.

Araim’s son filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging the shooting may have been motivated by his mother’s religious attire and that Lampien was highly intoxicated. In January 2017 a White County jury found Lampien guilty of two counts of involuntary manslaughter; in February he was sentenced to seven years, with the first four to be served in prison, followed by three years of probation and a $10,000 fine.

Did anyone in Helen in August 2014 see anything that could clarify whether the shooting was accidental or targeted?