On July 24, 2018, 31-year-old Dominique Farria was shot and killed in Harvey, Louisiana, after a domestic argument with her husband, Ray Farria. The couple, high school sweethearts married for twelve years, were visiting family in the Stonebridge subdivision when Dominique got into a vehicle with her four children, ages one to eleven, to leave the situation. Ray Farria stood behind the car and then climbed onto the hood as she began to drive. While on the hood he fired a single shot through the windshield, striking Dominique in the neck; she died after being taken to the hospital. The children were not physically harmed.

Ray Farria fled and discarded the firearm in nearby woods but was apprehended shortly after. Initially charged with second-degree murder, he later pleaded guilty to manslaughter, obstruction of justice for disposing of the weapon, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. In November 2019 a Jefferson Parish judge sentenced him to 80 years in prison. Dominique’s family issued victim-impact statements and expressed support for the plea agreement.

If anyone knew Dominique, her family, or witnessed the events in Stonebridge on July 24, 2018, please share information that could help the children’s memory of their mother.