Jessica Smith, 40, was shot and killed on the evening of February 24, 2023, in Princeton, West Virginia. Police responded about 9:30 p.m. to reports of a man firing shots at a residence on Maple Acres Road. Officers say John Norton, then 28, fired several times at them before barricading himself in a nearby home. During the standoff, a woman in a neighboring house, identified as Jessica Jessie Smith, was struck once in the chest. Officers rendered first aid and she was taken to Princeton Community Hospital, where she was pronounced dead from a single gunshot wound.

The West Virginia State Police Special Response Team took Norton into custody and he was arrested and jailed on multiple charges, including second-degree murder, wanton endangerment, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. A Mercer County jury later convicted Norton of first-degree murder in Smith’s death and declined to recommend mercy, making him ineligible for parole.

If anyone knew Jessica or was in the Maple Acres Road area that night, does anything about the timeline or movements of people there stand out?