A 45-year-old woman, Natalie Louise Thompson, a resident of Ormond by the Sea, Florida, was killed in what authorities have described as a murder-suicide on October 21, 2014, while she was in Buffalo, New York. Her death was the result of gun violence and has been linked to domestic abuse.
At a rally against domestic violence held shortly after her death, a speaker from the Erie County Coalition against Family Violence stated that Thompson was 'shot and killed at the hands of her
abuser,' bringing to light the tragic circumstances of her passing. The case highlighted the pervasive issue of domestic violence and its devastating consequences.
The investigation into Thompson's death was handled by the Buffalo Police Department. While some initial reports after the incident suggested the case remained unsolved for a period, further information that came to light characterized the event as a murder-suicide, indicating that the perpetrator died in the same incident. Due to the nature of a murder-suicide, there were no arrests or subsequent legal proceedings against a suspect. Thompson’s death was one of a number of homicides that occurred in Buffalo in 2014, a year that saw a significant increase in such violent crimes in the city.
