Olivia Lucille Lawrence, 74, was shot and killed in Wapato, Washington, on October 22, 2023. A lifelong area resident born in Toppenish, she was a 1967 Wapato High School graduate, married that year to Donald LeRoy Lawrence, with whom she had three daughters. She worked 37 years as a professional hairdresser, was active in the First Baptist Church of Wapato, and was a grandmother to six.

Authorities arrested her husband, then 80, and booked him on suspicion of manslaughter. He told sheriff’s deputies that during an argument his wife grabbed a handgun and threatened suicide; he said he removed the gun from a drawer, unloaded it, then, believing it empty, pointed it at her and pulled the trigger and it discharged, fatally wounding her. Initial charges included first- and second-degree manslaughter, but prosecutors dismissed those charges in June 2024 while reserving the option to refile and citing concerns about his cognitive state during court appearances.

Did anyone in Wapato know Olivia well or witness events around October 22, 2023?