Overview
- Police responded to the 3900 block of Miami Avenue and found a woman and her daughter shot to death, an incident that occurred June 2 and is being investigated as domestic violence.
- The Jefferson County Coroner identified the victims as 29-year-old Vienna Peoples and her 14-year-old daughter, Labria/Labria Miller.
- Twenty-four-year-old Tobias Malone was arrested and charged with two counts of murder, domestic-violence-related charges, and tampering with physical evidence after an arrest citation says he admitted to the shooting and to destroying a victim’s phone and discarding the gun.
- Malone pleaded not guilty, is held on $1 million bond, and is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on June 11.
- Family members say other children were home during the shooting and were later taken to a YMCA Safe Place, and local advocates have reported rising demand for domestic-violence services while restarting support programs in response to the deaths.