Bridgette Linetta White, 43, was killed in a domestic violence incident in Virginia Beach on May 8, 2015. The conflict began after a fight with her husband the day before that prompted her to leave their home on Baccalaureate Drive and stay with a friend. She returned the next day with a friend to collect belongings; an argument with her husband escalated. He entered the bedroom, locked the door, and hit and yelled at her. Later in an upstairs hallway, and in the presence of Bridgette’s two sons and her friend, the husband displayed a handgun and fired two shots. One struck Bridgette in the face and one struck a son in the shoulder. Bridgette died at the scene; her son survived.

After the shooting the husband fled, was located nearby, and an exchange of gunfire with police left him injured and in custody. He admitted to the two shootings and was charged with second-degree murder, felonious assault, and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Did anyone who knew Bridgette or her family see signs of escalating violence before that May weekend?