On March 10, 1999, a shooting rampage in Gonzales, Louisiana, left four people dead and several others wounded. The attack began when 22-year-old Shon Miller Sr. fatally shot his mother-in-law, 53-year-old Mildred Vessel, in her vehicle outside her home. He then went to New St. John Fellowship Church, where his estranged wife, 24-year-old Carla Vessel Miller, and their 2-year-old son Shon “Tudda” Miller Jr. were attending a Wednesday night Bible study.

Armed with a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol, Miller Sr. entered the church, fired into the ceiling and ordered people to the floor. Witnesses said the child cried Daddy upon seeing his father; Miller Sr. then shot and killed both his son and his wife. A church deacon, Vaniaro Jackson, was also killed, and four others were wounded. Miller Sr. was later found hiding in a shed, was shot during his capture and left paralyzed from the waist down. He was charged with four counts of first-degree murder.

If anyone attended New St. John Fellowship that night or has information about the victims, please share what is known.