On the evening of September 20, 2024, a domestic dispute at a home on Sea Palling Lane in Chesapeake, Virginia, ended in a fatal shooting. Christopher Heck, 41, was found with serious gunshot wounds near the front entrance and was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting was reported at about 7:57 p.m.

Heather Heck, 46, was present when officers arrived and allegedly admitted to shooting her husband. Court documents say she told investigators she shot Christopher twice to protect their children after an argument over the children and two visiting friends. She said Christopher became aggressive and threatened to make the children quiet as he started upstairs, and that she retrieved a gun from a bedroom and shot him. Months earlier, in April 2024, Heather had been granted a temporary Emergency Protective Order against Christopher that expired in May.

Heather Heck was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, then later granted a $100,000 bond with electronic monitoring pending further proceedings. Does anyone have information about the household or the events that evening?