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Diane Burns, 51, was found shot and lying in the middle of the road on Seymour Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 5, 2014. She was taken to Carolinas Medical Center Main but died of her injuries. The shooting prompted a significant police response that included a SWAT team.

Police say the suspect was 70-year-old Joe Maddox, who barricaded himself inside his home after the shooting and surrendered to officers following more than an hour of negotiations. He was taken into custody and charged with Burns’s murder. Family members say Maddox and Burns knew each other from the neighborhood and that the confrontation began over accusations that Burns had stolen items from Maddox’s house; alcohol was also mentioned as a factor.

Burns is survived by two sons. Does anyone in the neighborhood remember this dispute or have information about what led up to the shooting?