On January 19, 2010, a mass shooting in Appomattox, Virginia, left eight people dead, including 15-year-old Emily Atkinson Quarles. The attack occurred at the home of Christopher Bryan Speight’s sister, where Speight used a high-powered rifle to kill several family members. Emily, her parents Karen and Jonathan Quarles, and her 16-year-old boyfriend Ronald Bo Scruggs had gone to the property to check on relatives and were among those slain.

After the shootings, Speight fled into nearby woods. He engaged officers by firing at a police helicopter, forcing it to make an emergency landing, then surrendered the next morning wearing a bulletproof vest and unarmed. Investigators later found numerous homemade explosive devices at the scene. Speight was charged with multiple counts including first-degree and capital murder and attempted capital murder of a police officer, and was later found incompetent for trial before legal proceedings continued.

If anyone knew Emily or was in Appomattox in January 2010 and has information about that day, please share what you remember.