Ana Marlen Cruz-Franco, 28, was shot and killed in Tarboro, North Carolina, on February 28, 2015. Her death occurred during a series of three related shootings that day. The first shooting killed 36-year-old George Lee Dickens Jr. at the Master’s Touch Barber Shop. Cruz-Franco was later found dead at the Mobile Home Estates; 36-year-old Ventura Sanchez was critically wounded there and later died at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital.

Authorities located 40-year-old Ian Sherrod, who lived next door to the victims, in his pickup truck armed with a gun. After he refused to surrender, police officers shot and killed Sherrod. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation found Sherrod had no prior criminal record and reported that severe mental illness, including paranoid schizophrenia, was believed to have played a significant role in the shootings.

Community members and local agencies provided support to the victims’ families in the aftermath. If anyone knew Ana Marlen Cruz-Franco, Ventura Sanchez, George Lee Dickens Jr., or has information about the events at Mobile Home Estates that day, please come forward.