The morning of May 7, 2025, ended in violence on Rodney Lane in the Avalon Hills neighborhood of Virginia Beach when 90-year-old Woodard McClure was found fatally shot in his home. The distressing 911 call came shortly after 11 a.m. from inside the house; the caller was McClure’s 43-year-old daughter, Jennifer Mulligan, who told dispatchers she had shot her father.

Virginia Beach Police officers arriving at the 500 block of Rodney Lane found Mulligan waiting outside. Inside, they discovered McClure with a fatal gunshot wound to the head; emergency personnel pronounced him deceased at the scene. Mulligan, who lived in the home with her father, husband, and brother and described herself as his caregiver, confessed to the shooting and was taken into custody. She was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm and held without bond.

Neighbors described the family as well-liked and said the sudden outpouring of police cars and crime tape shocked the quiet street. Is there anyone who knew Woodard McClure or Jennifer Mulligan who can share more about the family or what led up to that morning?