On the late afternoon of November 29, 2021, a domestic dispute in the parking lot of the Bellsun Apartments on South Oak Avenue in Henrico, Virginia, escalated into a fatal incident. Sara Rose Fletcher Pierce, 30, a stay-at-home mother of three and graduate of Henrico High School’s Center of Arts Dance Program, suffered severe injuries and was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Family remembered her for a kind, patient spirit and involvement at St. John’s Catholic Church.

The altercation began with a heated argument between Sara and her husband, Patrick Lynn Pierce III, 34. Reports say the dispute included strangulation in the parking lot and then continued inside an apartment where Sara was shot multiple times. Henrico Police found her gravely wounded; Patrick Pierce was arrested at the scene without incident and charged with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was held without bond and appointed a court attorney, with an initial hearing scheduled soon after.

Does anyone who knew Sara or was in that area on November 29, 2021, have information that could help clarify what happened?