An afternoon domestic dispute in a Conroe neighborhood turned deadly on March 16, 2026, when 57-year-old Stanley Earl Hardin drove his vehicle into a home on Shoreview Drive and gunfire was heard during a 911 call placed shortly before 2 p.m. Inside the residence were 57-year-old Tara Hardin and her 80-year-old mother, Floris Ricks Wolford; deputies found both women dead of gunshot wounds.

Investigators say Tara had recently separated from Stanley and had been staying with her mother for about a week. After the shooting, Stanley Hardin fled briefly, went to his son’s nearby home and then to his own residence on Ivy Lane, where law enforcement established a perimeter; following a conversation with a family member he surrendered without incident. Hardin, a military veteran described as having no known prior criminal history, has been charged with capital murder and is being held without bond.

Does anyone in the Conroe area have information about the Hardin or Wolford families, or witnessed events on Shoreview Drive that afternoon?