Shelly Marie Frey was fatally shot on December 6, 2012, in the parking lot of a Walmart on the North Freeway and West Road in Houston. Frey, 27, a Black mother of two, was one of three women suspected by store loss-prevention staff of concealing merchandise. An off-duty Harris County Sheriff’s deputy, Louis Campbell, who was working security, confronted the group as they tried to leave.

Frey sat in the front passenger seat and two children were in the vehicle. Campbell opened the passenger door, ordered Frey out, and when she refused and the driver began to move the car, he fired a shot that struck Frey in the neck. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. The driver and the other passenger were arrested; the driver, Tiasa Andrews, was charged with robbery and aggravated assault of a public servant, and Yolanda Craig was charged with robbery.

Campbell, a 26-year veteran, was placed on a three-day paid administrative leave. Frey’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit naming Walmart, Campbell, and his employer, alleging excessive and unjustified force, and demanded criminal charges; no criminal charges were filed.

Did anyone see the confrontation in the Walmart parking lot or have information about the moments before the shot was fired?