Christina Powell, 48, was shot and killed inside a Spokane home on the morning of January 24, 2019. The shooting occurred at the East Cataldo Avenue residence of her son, Gregory Powell, during a confrontation with his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend, Ashley Horning. Gregory said his mother stood between him and Horning as he went to his room to retrieve a weapon; a gunshot sounded before he returned, and Christina collapsed.

She died at the scene.Horning fled the house with a silver revolver and was the subject of a brief manhunt before being taken into custody after contacting a new boyfriend and expressing suicidal thoughts. Authorities reported a prior conflict between Horning and Gregory over custody of their young daughter, who was in the home during the incident.

Horning was charged with second-degree murder and later became the focus of a first-degree murder investigation; she told the court she had no memory of the shooting and was evaluated for psychiatric issues.There are still unanswered details about the sequence of events inside the house and what led to the fatal shot — did anyone witness the moment it was fired, or have more information about the confrontation?