In the early morning hours of November 9, 2019, 29-year-old Shauntinae Hardwick, a Black woman from Houlka, Mississippi, was shot and killed inside the mobile home she shared with her boyfriend on Viola Street. The couple’s three children were in the home during an argument that escalated into violence. A witness inside the home identified 30-year-old Eric O’Neal Moore as the person who allegedly brandished a gun and shot Hardwick in the head.

Moore fled after the shooting but surrendered to family members and was arrested about two hours later at a relative’s house. He told investigators where the weapon could be found, and the firearm was recovered. Moore was charged with murder and a judge denied him bond; Hardwick’s body was sent to the state crime lab in Pearl for autopsy. The community responded to the killing as an example of domestic violence’s deadly consequences.

If anyone knew Shauntinae, her movements that night, or has information about the incident, please share what is known.