On September 21, 2024, Austin police conducted a welfare check at a Brookhill Drive home in South Austin after family members could not reach 74-year-old Shari Mallory-Maxa and her husband, 76-year-old Anthony Maxa, and reported their grandson, 21-year-old Chevy Kyler Monaghan, was acting suspiciously and refusing entry. Officers found Monaghan in the driveway; after entering the residence they discovered Shari and Anthony deceased in the hallway from multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators determined Monaghan had shot his grandparents and arrested him at the scene on a capital murder charge for multiple persons.

Officers reported finding ammunition in Monaghan’s pockets, Shari’s jewelry and prescriptions, a ransacked bedroom, and additional items including blank checks and ammunition in a vehicle Monaghan was loading. An autopsy found Shari was shot three times and Anthony six times, with some wounds at less than three feet. Records show Monaghan bought the firearm used on July 4, 2024, from an Austin pawn shop.

Shari Elaine Mallory-Maxa, born September 22, 1949, in Waco, Texas, was a seventh-generation Daughter of the Republic of Texas and a devout Christian remembered for her devotion to family and grandchildren. A vigil was held at Garrison Park and funeral services were held October 3, 2024. Does anyone with information about the days before September 21 know anything that could help investigators?