On the evening of Friday, November 1, 2024, 52-year-old Sheila Donovan was killed inside her home on Hallet Street in Lenexa, Kansas. Police responded about 8:30 p.m. to an armed disturbance and heard multiple gunshots. Officers found that Sheila’s 53-year-old husband, Todd Michael Donovan, had barricaded himself inside the residence and negotiators spoke with him by phone for nearly two hours. He told officers during that contact that he had taken pills in a suspected overdose attempt.

Around 1:50 a.m. the Lenexa Tactical Team entered the home and discovered Sheila and her 22-year-old son, Tyler Donovan, dead of gunshot wounds. A neighbor’s dog had also been shot and killed during the incident. Todd Donovan was taken into custody and transported to a hospital for the suspected overdose. Court filings indicate he called his brother and Sheila’s mother after the shootings and admitted to the killings, saying he heard them laughing and making fun of him.

If anyone has information about the events that night or knew Sheila and her family, please share what you can with investigators.