Ernest Shelton, 51, of Seminole, Texas, was killed in a March 4, 2017, shooting that left four people wounded or dead in the small town. Shelton and another man, Miguel Diaz, were found shot in the parking lot of Perika’s Terrace restaurant; witnesses identified 31-year-old Jacob R. Groening as the shooter. Groening fled but was later taken into custody.

The violence continued at Groening’s home, where his wife Tiffany Groening was shot in the hand and his mother-in-law Patricia Marquez suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Both Marquez and Shelton died of their injuries; Diaz survived in critical but stable condition. Authorities linked the shootings to a domestic altercation earlier that evening and say Groening had threatened the restaurant owner before returning with a firearm.

Groening was charged with capital murder in the deaths of Shelton and Marquez, plus attempted capital murder and aggravated assault; bond was set at $2 million after a grand jury indictment and the case proceeded through the courts. Did anyone in Seminole know Ernest Shelton or have information about that night?