Fonda Poellnitz, 58, was found dead on Ridge Road West in Mobile, Alabama, on the evening of Tuesday, February 20, 2018. Investigators quickly identified her 71-year-old ex-husband, Robert Hollie, as a person of interest and went to his home on Avondale Court to make contact.

Officers established a perimeter and asked Hollie to surrender. He opened fire on the officers, striking Mobile Police Officer Justin Billa, who later died at the hospital. After a several-hour standoff, SWAT teams entered Hollie’s residence and found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The sequence left two families and the community mourning: Poellnitz, the homicide victim, and Officer Billa, killed in the line of duty.

Anyone with information about Poellnitz or the events on February 20, 2018, is asked to come forward.