Brittaney Owens was 26 when she was killed in the early hours of February 10, 2016, outside her parents’ home on North Lake Drive near Camp Coleman Road in Trussville, Alabama. Police said Troy Green of Birmingham drove his BMW to intercept her Chevrolet, blocked her path, bumped her vehicle, then approached and shot her twice in the chest around 2:15 a.m. before turning the gun on himself. Both were taken to Birmingham hospitals and pronounced dead.

Court filings and local reporting show Owens had repeatedly sought protection from Green and described a pattern of abuse dating back to 2012, including alleged incidents while she was pregnant, threats with a weapon, physical assaults, and an allegation that he placed a GPS device on her car. Green had been arrested on domestic-violence charges in 2014, cases that were still in the system when Owens was killed. The death was treated by investigators as a domestic-violence murder-suicide.

If anyone knew Owens, Green, or their child and has information about the threats and court actions that preceded this ambush, please come forward.