Shannon Michelle Ellis Tessnear, 34, was fatally shot in her Ellenboro, North Carolina, home on July 17, 2006. Court records say the shooting occurred during an argument with her husband. According to those records, he knelt in front of Shannon, retrieved a gun from under the kitchen table, held it parallel to her head with his finger on the trigger and his thumb on the hammer, and as he let the hammer down the firearm discharged, killing her.

Her husband called 911 after the shooting and told police the gun had accidentally fired during the argument. Court documents examined at trial detail the events and explore the nature of the couple’s relationship. Shannon was buried after a funeral at Crowe’s Mortuary and interment at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Does anyone have information about Shannon’s life in Ellenboro or recollections of the events leading up to that day?