Shortly after 3:45 a.m. on November 10, 2024, a home invasion in the 600 block of 23rd Place Southwest in the Vero Beach Highlands neighborhood left 19-year-old Shelby Lynn Baker and her 68-year-old grandmother Amanda Baker dead. Both were pronounced at a nearby hospital, and the unborn child Shelby was carrying also died. Shelby’s boyfriend was injured during the incident and sought help at a neighbor’s house, found dripping blood and saying someone had shot up the house.

Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers called the event a heinous crime and said investigators are treating the shooting as an isolated incident. Deputies have been to that residence multiple times this year and are familiar with some residents. Neighbors described a chaotic scene; a stray bullet reportedly went through a bedroom window at a nearby home after a child alerted a neighbor to a man banging on the back door. The Baker family has set up a GoFundMe to cover funeral costs. The sheriff’s office asks anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone in the Vero Beach Highlands area see or hear anything around 3:45 a.m. on November 10 that could help investigators?