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Tonya Johnson Barton was 37 and a kindergarten teacher at Leake Center Elementary School when she was shot and killed during a domestic disturbance at a Main Street residence in Walnut Grove, Mississippi, on June 6, 2015. The attack left Tonya dead and her parents, Donald and Addie Johnson, wounded; both were treated at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The shooting was the town’s first fatal shooting since 1979 and deeply shocked the small community.

Authorities identified Tonya’s estranged husband, Luke Barton, as the shooter, and he was arrested. A Leake County grand jury later indicted him on first-degree murder and aggravated assault charges; he pleaded guilty and received life without parole for the murder plus concurrent 15-year terms for the assaults.

Does anyone have memories of Tonya or information about the household leading up to June 6, 2015?