Terrarana Bowman, 48, a Black woman, was found dead just after midnight on November 2, 2021, after Montgomery police and firefighters responded to a house fire on Queensbury Drive near East South Boulevard and Narrow Lane Road. Crews knocked down the flames, but responders discovered Bowman’s body inside and investigators soon treated the blaze as arson. An autopsy was pending, yet Bowman was counted among the city’s homicide victims for 2021.

Hours later, at about 5:50 a.m., officers went about three miles away to the 100 block of Eagerton Road to check on a possible suspect. Police said the person fled toward the rear of the property and gunfire was heard; a perimeter and a multi-agency standoff followed. When a SWAT team entered the backyard area, authorities reported the suspect was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and that no officer fired a weapon.

Officials did not release the suspect’s name and described the incident as a murder-suicide tied to a domestic violence situation. If anyone has information that could clarify what happened or knew Bowman, please come forward.