Anthony J. Tucker was 13 when he was fatally shot in the front yard of his Palmyra, Maine, home on November 28, 2006. An eighth-grade student at Somerset Valley Middle School, he was described by family as a caring older brother and a quiet leader who enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and snowmobiling. Family accounts say Anthony was the last to leave the house, making sure his mother and sisters got out safely before he was killed.

The man charged in the killing was 40-year-old Todd Curry, who lived with Anthony’s mother, April Cooley. The family’s wrongful death lawsuit says Curry had assaulted Cooley the day before and chased her with an AK-47, and that Curry routinely threatened Cooley and her children. A preexisting history of severe mental illness was documented: Curry was reported to suffer from bipolar disorder with psychotic features, including paranoid delusions, and neighbors had complained about him firing guns near their properties.

In December 2007 a judge found Curry legally insane and not criminally responsible for Anthony’s death; he was committed to the Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta. Anthony’s family and community remembered him as well-liked and devoted to his siblings. Does anyone have memories of Anthony or information about the household leading up to that day?