April Russell, 35, was killed on June 5, 2017, in her Northeast Side apartment in San Antonio, Texas. According to accounts, her 37-year-old ex-boyfriend, Adrian Hardeman, came to the apartment around noon seeking to reconcile. When she rebuffed him, he broke in and shot her in the back while her 15-year-old daughter Alyla and 8-year-old son Jordan were present. Alyla held her mother and followed instructions from police on the phone to try to stop the bleeding, but paramedics pronounced April dead at the scene.

Hardeman fled with the couple’s 1-year-old child, who was later found safe at an East Side home. Less than two hours after leaving, Hardeman collided with another vehicle in Gonzales County; Texas Department of Public Safety troopers shot and killed him after he made contact with them while armed. The Texas Rangers took over the investigation. April was a marketing manager for a local insurance company and is remembered by family as a devoted mother; her three children were placed with Child Protective Services while relatives sought custody.

What information do readers in San Antonio have that might help fill gaps about April’s last hours or about resources her family used after the shooting?