Teresa Ann Blair Ellis was 29 when she was killed on February 12, 2007, during the Trolley Square mall shooting in Salt Lake City, Utah. She and her boyfriend, Brad Frantz, were at the mall celebrating a work bonus and shopping for Valentine’s Day when an 18-year-old gunman, Sulejman Talovic, opened fire. Teresa and Brad were among the first victims; the attacker went on to kill three other people and wound four more before police shot and killed him at the scene. No arrests or further suspects were pursued because the sole perpetrator died at the scene.

Teresa was described as smart, bright, witty, very giving and compassionate, and was like a mother to her younger sisters. Originally from Jamestown, New York, she worked at a bank in West Valley City and had been separated from her husband, Nathan Ellis, for about a year at the time of her death.

If anyone knew Teresa or was at Trolley Square that evening and can share memories or information, please come forward.