Myla Nicole Oaks, 32, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, was shot and killed on the morning of January 27, 2016, near Mann Court while neighbors were waiting with their children for the school bus. Her husband, Jeff Oaks, was critically wounded in the same incident; the couple’s 12-year-old son witnessed the shooting and escaped to the school bus.

Neighbors reported an ongoing dispute between the Oaks family and a neighbor over right of way and property lines. On the day of the shooting, Jeff Oaks had blocked the road with his car, preventing the neighbor from leaving for work. During the resulting confrontation, the neighbor, Robert Chad Bridges (known as Chad), shot Myla and Jeff.

Bridges was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle. The case went to trial; family members addressed Bridges in court about their loss.