On March 12, 2015, in Alamogordo, New Mexico, 30-year-old Jessica Thompkins was killed inside her home on North Florida Avenue. Around 10 p.m., an attacker fired into the residence while Jessica was there with her four children and her boyfriend, 33-year-old Phillip PJ Banka. The shooter was identified as Jessica’s ex-husband, 33-year-old Terrick L. Thompkins, who wore tactical military gear and used an AR-15 and a shotgun to attack the house.

According to reports, Thompkins fired multiple rounds into the front door to gain entry and then fatally shot Jessica in front of two of her children. Phillip Banka was also killed while attempting to barricade a door to protect the children, which allowed one child to escape through a bedroom window. A 13-year-old boy was injured by a bullet fragment but survived; the other three children were uninjured. Investigators recovered 34 bullet and shell casings at the scene. The attack was said to be linked to a custody dispute after two children had been removed from Thompkins’s care following allegations of abuse.

Does anyone have information about the family, the custody dispute, or the events leading up to that night that could help clarify what happened?