On April 18, 1973, 5-year-old Claire Patricia Jakubowski of Houston, Texas, was shot and killed while riding her bicycle in her driveway. The attack was part of a larger shooting spree by Larry Delon Casey, who had been on probation for burglary. Casey first shot and killed 86-year-old Beulah Davis, then targeted children: he fatally shot 10-year-old Jana Whatley and killed Claire; he also wounded 10-year-olds Lyn Tucker and Karen Kurtz as they walked home from Red Elementary School.

Casey was arrested soon after the shootings. During interrogation he said the murder of his father in 1970 and an argument with his girlfriend contributed to his actions. At the time, the death penalty had been declared unconstitutional, and Casey received a 99-year sentence. The community and victims families have continued to commemorate the lives lost and the survivors who were wounded.