Taylor Pond was 28 when she was found shot dead inside her Charles Town, West Virginia, home the night of Saturday, August 24, 2019. Police responded to reports of gunfire at about 11:36 p.m. on the 100 block of North West Street and discovered Pond deceased from a gunshot wound.

Investigators quickly identified a suspect, 28-year-old Elliott De John Lansdowne of Jefferson, Maryland, who was alleged to have shot Pond and fled. Authorities located his vehicle near his Maryland home the following morning; evidence connected to the case was recovered from both his residence and the vehicle. Once a first-degree murder warrant was issued, Frederick County and Washington County SWAT teams arrested Lansdowne. A 20-year-old Harpers Ferry woman, Emma Marie Phillips, was also arrested on an accessory after the fact warrant. Both were taken to the Frederick County Adult Detention Center. No motive has been released.

If anyone in Charles Town that night saw anything or has information about Pond or the events leading up to the shooting, please come forward to investigators.