On August 5, 2018, 15-year-old Sharon Castro was shot in an apartment in McLean, Virginia and died six days later from her wounds. Sharon, who enjoyed cheerleading and figure skating, was shot in the back and chest after her mother, Veronica Youngblood, had reportedly given her and her younger sister sleeping pill gummies. Sharon managed to call 911 and identify her mother as the shooter before being taken to the hospital.

Brooklynn Youngblood, age 5, was found dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head. Prosecutors said the killings were motivated by a custody dispute with Veronica Youngblood’s ex-husband, who planned to move to Missouri with Brooklynn; they say Youngblood purchased the handgun about a week earlier and left a message for her ex-husband after the attack. Youngblood was tried, convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of using a firearm in the commission of a murder, and later sentenced to 78 years in prison.