Sierra Jefferson, 42, was shot behind the Memorial Physicians Clinic on U.S. 49 in Gulfport, Mississippi, on August 7, 2017. She worked there as a medical assistant. Family members said ongoing domestic problems and the husband’s long-term illegal drug use contributed to escalating violence; relatives reported that he had threatened to blow her brains out in the days before the shooting. A week earlier Sierra had asked Gulfport police to help her safely leave the home with her children after a volatile outburst by her husband.

After the shooting Sierra was taken to a Mobile, Alabama hospital and placed on life support. Her eldest son later authorized removal of life support, and she died on August 10, 2017, two days after the shooting and two days before what would have been her 43rd birthday. Her husband, Jerome Jefferson Sr., turned himself in and was initially charged with attempted murder; the charge was later upgraded to first-degree murder and he was held on a $1 million bond. Sierra was a mother of three who had been working two jobs to support her family.

Does anyone have information about Sierra’s life in Gulfport or knew her at work or in the community?