Man charged in fatal Salem shooting appears in court Authorities said he shot, killed estranged wife’s fiancé Updated: Tags: In court on Tuesday, Zane Christian’s estranged wife, Emily Christian, testified that she and Zane Christian had a custody hearing that resulted in his child support payments increasing one week before the shooting happened. Zane Christian is also accused of carjacking someone near Virginia Tech’s campus later that day after the shooting. According to her testimony, the estranged couple was set to do a custody exchange between their children before Zane Christian allegedly shot her fiance, Rico Turner.