Leona Larry, 57, was fatally shot in her Chicago home on April 14, 2010, during a mass killing that also claimed several other family members. The attack was carried out by her son, James Larry, then 33, who began by shooting Leona while she slept on a living room sofa and went on to kill his pregnant wife Twanda Thompson, 19; his 7-month-old son Jihad; and two nieces, 3-year-old Keleasha Larry and 16-year-old Keyshai Fields, who was also pregnant.

A 13-year-old nephew, Demond Larry, was shot in the face and survived.James Larry, who had converted to Islam while incarcerated in Wisconsin and reportedly told police Allah instructed him to kill his family, was arrested soon after the massacre. He pleaded guilty to multiple counts including murder, attempted murder, and the intentional homicide of an unborn child, and received life without parole.

Prosecutors had sought the death penalty but a state ban on capital punishment prevented that sentence.