On April 1, 2022, 32-year-old nurse and mother Elizabeth Bennett Lewis was shot and killed in her Sellersburg, Indiana, home on Forest Hill Circle after a domestic dispute about divorce. Her husband, Mac Lewis, allegedly retrieved a firearm and shot Elizabeth multiple times in front of her then 11-year-old daughter and the child’s 10-year-old friend; the girl testified that Lewis also fired at her stepdaughter, who was not physically hit. The daughter called 911 during the incident and later testified at trial.

Mac Lewis fled but was arrested shortly afterward and charged with murder, attempted murder for firing at the stepdaughter, and criminal recklessness with a firearm. At trial the defense argued the shooting was accidental and related to a suicidal act; the prosecution said it was intentional. In October 2023 a Clark County jury found Mac Lewis guilty on all counts; in November 2023 he was sentenced to 100 years in prison. Elizabeth’s family remembered her as an amazing mother, devoted sister, and beloved daughter.

If anyone knew Elizabeth or has information about her life and the family, please share what might help preserve her memory.