On April 19, 2000, a homeowners association meeting at the Ventana Lakes Yacht Club in Peoria, Arizona, ended in violence when a former resident entered the gathering armed with an AR-15 and two 9-millimeter pistols and opened fire. Sixty-nine-year-old Nila Lynn was struck in the back and died in her husband Duane’s arms; 58-year-old Esther LaPlante was also killed and several others were wounded.

The shooter, 61-year-old Richard Glassel, had longtime disputes with the Ventana Lakes Property Owners Association and had been foreclosed upon months earlier. Meeting attendees subdued him and held him for police; Glassel was arrested and later charged with two counts of first-degree murder and multiple counts of attempted murder. The attack prompted changes in victims’ rights law that referenced Nila Lynn.

If anyone attended that meeting or has information about Nila Lynn and her life in Peoria, please share what is known.