Latoya Acree, 41, was shot and killed outside her home in the Oak Grove subdivision of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on September 18, 2021. Deputies who answered a call about a shooting found her in the driveway with a gunshot wound to her upper body; paramedics’ efforts were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the shooting followed a domestic argument after Latoya discovered her son, 21-year-old Elijah D. Smith, in her house with a woman in violation of her rules. Smith allegedly shot his mother from his car as she stood in the driveway; he was arrested without incident at a nearby hotel and was already out on bond for an unrelated assault and battery charge.

Latoya was a vocalist for the band True Soul and had been scheduled to perform at an event to raise awareness about domestic violence; her bandmates dedicated a performance to her memory and described her as kind, genuine and recently turning her life around. If anyone knew Latoya or has information about the events leading up to that September morning, please share what you know.