Late on a Wednesday in August 2023, a domestic disturbance in Heflin, Louisiana, ended with the fatal shooting of Tyrone Winzer. Deputies from the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office arrived after a just-after-midnight call and found Winzer had been shot. Two witnesses identified a 23-year-old woman across the street, Chandrika C. Shehee, as the person who shot him with a 9 mm handgun.

Shehee was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder; she told investigators she was trying to protect her family. Law enforcement noted Winzer was unarmed at the time and that he had a prior 2016 arrest for attempted second-degree murder and felony domestic abuse battery after a woman was found with multiple stab wounds. Shehee was booked and held as the legal process began.

Was anyone in Heflin aware of prior incidents involving either party?