David W. Shores, Sr. was 54 when he was fatally shot at his Mount Tabor home on December 11, 2016. A longtime local mason who founded Shores Masonry Inc. in 1987, he enjoyed hunting, fishing and boating on Lake Champlain and Lake St. Catherine and was described as a devoted husband, father and animal lover.

Investigators concluded the shot was fired from the top of the basement stairs as David was walking up. His wife of 30 years, Peggy Lee Shores, was later indicted in 2017 in connection with the shooting. Her defense maintained that David had tripped while carrying the gun and accidentally shot himself; prosecutors said she fired the weapon. In October 2020 she pleaded no contest to manslaughter and acknowledged the facts prosecutors would have presented at trial, including that she fired the weapon.

Did anyone who knew the Shores family have additional details about David’s last days or the household dynamics leading up to December 11, 2016?