Carolin Lloyd, a 76-year-old Black woman, was fatally shot at her family home on Amanda Street in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 30, 1991. The attack happened in the early morning after 34-year-old Edward Lewis Lagrone forcibly entered the residence armed with a double-barreled pistol-grip shotgun. Lagrone shot and wounded 48-year-old Dempsey Lloyd in the arm, then fatally shot Carolin Lloyd, who was blind and bedridden, and 83-year-old Zenobia Anderson, who was washing clothes in the kitchen. A 10-year-old, Shakeisha Lloyd, who was 17 weeks pregnant, was also murdered in the same incident.

The killings were linked to a sexual assault complaint filed by Pamela Lloyd, the mother of Shakeisha and a former girlfriend of Lagrone; Pamela had confronted Lagrone after discovering her daughter’s pregnancy and reported the assault to police. Investigators say Lagrone fled the scene but was apprehended shortly thereafter, charged with capital murder, convicted in May 1993 and later sentenced to death. DNA testing reported in later accounts confirmed Lagrone as the father of Shakeisha’s unborn child, and multiple eyewitnesses identified him as the shooter.

Does anyone have memories of the neighborhood or knew the Lloyd family who can add details about the morning of May 30, 1991?