Every few years, Kelli Lowe Tyrone is forced to relive a nightmare that is now 29 years old.
Tyrone was a victim in a shooting spree across Elmore and Montgomery counties just 11 days before Christmas 1991. Benjamin Oryang, Tyrone Gibson and McArthur Harris’ idea of fun that night firing rifles at vehicles left more than Tyrone in their wake. National Guard Staff Sgt. Julia S. Lindsey died as she slumped against her friend Cathy Wall. The trio’s first shots that night found their way into a truck just inches away from the driver. The trio was found guilty or pleaded guilty to the crimes in the following two years.
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