David Keith Shaulis, 57, was found dead in his Bishopville, Maryland, home on the evening of May 12, 2025. Troopers from the Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack responded shortly before 9:30 p.m. after a 61-year-old woman, identified as Bonnie Hackendorn, called to report her boyfriend had been shot. Troopers discovered Shaulis unresponsive on the floor with an apparent gunshot wound; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit opened the investigation. Based on evidence collected during the preliminary inquiry, authorities arrested Hackendorn and, after consultation with the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office, charged her with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, and other firearm-related offenses. She is being held without bond at the Worcester County Detention Center. Shaulis’s body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for autopsy; the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone knew David or was in Bishopville on Shell Mill Road the evening of May 12, any information could be helpful to investigators.