Gabrielle Kinard, 38, was killed at her Charlotte, North Carolina home on December 13, 2008. She was found face down in the front yard near a van in the driveway with two gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Her 18-year-old son Angelo Kinard was also shot and found unresponsive inside the house; he was taken to Carolinas Medical Center and later died of his injuries. Gabrielle’s 15-year-old daughter, Gabriella Kinard, suffered a grazing gunshot wound to her right cheek and survived after escaping to a neighbor’s house.

The family was living with 50-year-old Scott Edwin Davis, the father of Gabrielle’s 5-month-old daughter. Davis reportedly retrieved a gun from the bedroom he shared with Gabrielle, shot Angelo inside the home, then followed Gabrielle as she tried to flee and shot her in the yard. Davis was arrested at the scene and admitted to the shootings; he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.

The case raises difficult questions about what led to the escalation that night and about how the family’s safety concerns were handled beforehand. If anyone knew Gabrielle, Angelo, Gabriella, or has information about that night, please share what is known.