Chaquinequea Brodie, 29, was fatally shot in Waterbury, Connecticut, in August 2017. Neighbors reported a disturbance and found Brodie’s two-year-old daughter wandering and crying in a parking lot on August 18.

Authorities identified 28-year-old Anthony Rutherford as the live-in boyfriend and took him into custody; officials said he was not the children’s biological father. Neighbors reported hearing a loud argument between Brodie and Rutherford early the same morning, and Rutherford was found in possession of a handgun when arrested. The medical examiner determined both victims died of gunshot wounds to the head and neck.

Broader context: Brodie had helped found Mothers of Victim’s Equality after her sister Alyssiah Wiley was murdered four years earlier. Few details remain publicly known about what happened inside the apartment that morning.