Donna Christley, 55, was shot and killed at her West Memphis home on the evening of October 29, 2022. Neighbors say she lived on the 500 block of Wilson Road and was described by family as the person who held them together. The shooting took place under the carport after a 25-year-old man from Memphis, identified in reports as Lorenzo Lamont Allen, arrived looking for his ex-girlfriend, Christley’s niece, and began banging on the door.

According to accounts, Christley stepped outside to intervene because the man had allegedly previously threatened her niece with a gun. She asked him to leave and, as she turned to re-enter the house, was fatally shot in view of other family members, including children inside the home. Police were called for reports of shots fired and EMS pronounced her deceased at the scene.

Investigators named Lorenzo Lamont Allen as the primary suspect and he was apprehended on November 21, 2022. No further details about motive beyond the reported dispute over the niece have been released. Did anyone in West Memphis see or hear anything that night that might help explain what happened?