Gina Warner Williams, 48, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, died on January 20, 2017, after being shot on her front porch. A Navy veteran and a labor and delivery surgical technician at Vidant Medical Center, she returned home early from an overnight shift and was found lying on the porch with a gunshot wound to her neck.

He retrieved a handgun from a safe and, not realizing the person at the door was his wife, opened the door and fired one shot. Billy was on the porch administering first aid when deputies arrived; Gina was pronounced dead at the scene. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office investigated and classified the shooting as accidental. No charges were filed.

Anyone who knew the family or witnessed the events that night is asked to share information that might clarify what happened.