The 2010 Appomattox shootings was a mass murder in Appomattox, Virginia that occurred on January 17 and 19, 2010. Christopher Bryan Speight shot his sister, her husband, and her son and daughter at their home, as well as four other people. He then escaped into a forest and shot at a police helicopter searching for him, but eventually surrendered himself to authorities. On February 15, 2013, Speight was sentenced to life imprisonment.