Keiara Patton was 20 when she was shot in the head in her apartment at the College Hill Courts public housing complex in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on May 13, 2014. Emergency services responded about 9:30 a.m.; she was taken to a hospital and later died of her injuries. She left behind two young children.

Police arrested and charged her 22-year-old boyfriend, Taylor Satterfield, with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a firearm, and tampering with evidence. Satterfield told investigators the shooting was accidental, saying Patton came at him with two knives and the gun discharged during the struggle. Prosecutors argued he had intentionally shot her and then gave conflicting statements to conceal his actions.

A jury found Taylor Satterfield guilty of second-degree murder. Two years after the killing, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison with no possibility of parole.