Three sisters from Oklahoma received a prison sentence for crimes committed in a 2018 Walker County shooting.
According to an April 8 Department of Justice news release, Tierzah Mapson, 29, was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiracy to commit interstate stalking and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, two counts of interstate domestic violence and two counts of interstate stalking. Elisa Mapson, 25, and Charis Mapson, 30, received 120-month prison sentences for conspiracy to commit interstate stalking and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and two counts of stalking.
"These convictions are the result of a collaborative effort by a multitude of agencies, both here and outside the district," Attorney Prim F. Escalona said in the release. "I commend all those who were involved in bringing these defendants to justice."
The release reported Tierzah Mapson planned to meet the male victim for a temporary custody handoff of a child they had together in 2013. The victim sat at an Alabama gas station with his wife. They waited for the child for more than four hours until they began to get shot at from outside the vehicle. The couple ran for cover inside and the male sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
“I applaud the sentences handed down today, as the Mapsons showed no regard for human life as they carried out their conspiracy,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr. said in the release. “This case is a perfect example of how law enforcement can combine resources and efforts to bring violent criminals to justice.”
Reportedly, a federal jury in July 2021 convicted the Tulsa sisters of various crimes in connection with the shooting of a Florida resident and his wife as they sat in their car at a Walker County country store, per the release.
According to the release, the case was investigated by the FBI North Alabama Violent Crime Task Force and the Walker County Sheriff’s Office.
