Beulah K. Davis, an 86-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, was shot and killed on April 18, 1973 while standing in front of her home. The shooter, 21-year-old Larry Delon Casey, was on probation for burglary at the time and that day went on a spree during which he killed three people and wounded two others.

Casey’s attacks began after an argument with his girlfriend, after which he retrieved a .22-caliber rifle from his mother’s house and drove around the neighborhood firing at random victims. Two of the other people killed were children, 5-year-old Claire Patricia Jakubowski and 10-year-old Jana Whatley; two children, Lyn Tucker and Karen Kurtz, were wounded and survived. Casey was arrested shortly after the shootings and confessed.

The killings drew widespread attention for their randomness and brutality. Does anyone have memories of the neighborhood or knew Beulah Davis or the other victims and can share further details?