On the evening of New Year’s Eve 2017, Caroline M. Hendrix, a 50-year-old pre-K teacher at Oceanair Elementary School for 25 years, was shot inside a vehicle in the 300 block of Virginian Drive in Norfolk, Virginia. First responders took her to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where she died from multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators later concluded Hendrix was not the intended target; she had been sitting in the car of her friend Alex Novak when an assailant opened fire.

Detectives say the shooting grew out of a murder-for-hire plot linked to a love triangle. Authorities charged 72-year-old Edward A. Shaw with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony on January 2, 2018, and charged 24-year-old Teniqu R. Cushman with conspiracy to commit second-degree murder. Reports state Cushman recruited Shaw to target Novak; after Hendrix was shot, Novak emerged and shot Shaw, who later was found wounded and initially claimed a road rage incident.

If anyone knew Caroline, Alex Novak, Teniqu Cushman, or Edward Shaw, or has information about what happened that night, please share what can help the ongoing record.