Darlene Jeanette Combs Tate was 56 when she was shot on the night of March 29, 2014. She was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Baptist Hospital) and died there the same day. Born July 27, 1957, in Galax, Virginia, she was a resident of Mount Airy, North Carolina, and the daughter of the late David C. and Edith Irene Hawks Combs.

The Mount Airy Police Department opened an investigation into her shooting death. No arrests, named suspects, charges, or other case developments are reported in the available details, and the investigation is described as open with no further information supplied.

If anyone knew Darlene or has information about the shooting on March 29, 2014, please come forward and share what you know.