On the evening of January 6, 2022, a domestic dispute in Clinton, Maryland, ended with two fatalities inside a Wendy Street home. Taledia Oxley, 44, was fatally shot and her 8-year-old son, Asa Oxley, was also killed. Their husband and father, James Oxley, survived with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Two other children in the house, a 2-year-old daughter and a 19-year-old son, were unharmed.

Police responding to a 911 call from the injured father located the victims at the scene. Officers apprehended a suspect in the neighborhood shortly afterward, identified as the family’s 15-year-old son, Israel Oxley. He allegedly admitted to the shootings and has been charged as an adult with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree attempted murder, and related counts. Motive remains under investigation, though reports indicate tensions between the teenager and his mother.

Neighbors said the family appeared generally quiet and well behaved, and the violence came as a shock. Anyone with information about the family or the events of that night is asked to come forward.