Sharon Louise Toran, 23, was fatally shot in Indianapolis on the evening of April 17, 2012. The shooting happened about 10:20 p.m. in the 3700 block of Layman Avenue as she was getting her two young daughters out of her car. Her estranged husband, Miles Toran, 23 at the time, emerged from nearby bushes and opened fire. Sharon’s brother, 21-year-old Jonathan Perry, was also shot in the leg; the two children were not physically harmed.

The couple had married in 2008 and separated the month before the attack. Sixteen days prior to the shooting Sharon had filed for a protective order. Miles Toran, who was on active duty in the Air Force and living in Virginia, had returned to Indianapolis for a scheduled custody hearing later that week. He was taken into custody and charged with murder and attempted murder; smartphone data showed he accessed websites about murder penalties and defending a murder charge on the day of the shooting. He was convicted of both charges and received concurrent prison terms totaling sixty-five years; an appeal was unsuccessful.

If anyone knew Sharon or has information about the events that led to that night, please share what is known.