Katrina M. Banks was 35 when she was shot and killed inside her Henrico County, Virginia, home just after midnight on November 21, 2016. Her husband, Alvin Banks, ran to a nearby fire station saying he had accidentally shot his wife; police found Katrina’s body in the basement and recovered three shell casings and three bullet holes in the living room. One bullet traveled through a wall into the bedroom where the couple’s two-year-old daughter was sleeping; their seven-year-old was also in the house.

Alvin Banks, a 45-year-old former Marine, told authorities the shooting occurred during an argument and said he had gone to get a gun before the shooting. He was arrested and charged first with second-degree murder and use of a firearm; charges were later upgraded to first-degree murder, child endangerment, and unlawful discharge of a firearm. At a November 2017 trial the jury acquitted him of murder and the firearm charge but convicted him of unlawful discharge of a firearm inside the home and two counts of child neglect, recommending 16 months in jail with credit for time served.

Does anyone have additional information about Katrina’s life, her work as a nurse, or the events of that night that could help fill in unanswered questions?