When Chris Smith arranged to meet Leslie Reeves for a first date, he never expected it would end in such a bloody scene.

During their first date, Leslie Reeves and Chris Smith were ambushed in his Illinois home – both shot in the head. A crime scene investigator described it as one of the most horrific crime ...

Leslie Reeves and Chris Smith were shot during their first date. Only Smith survived. A look at how he defied the odds to make a remarkable recovery. On the night before Thanksgiving 2021, Smith ...

ST. LOUIS – Chris Smith, who survived a shooting in 2021 that left him paralyzed, is using his experience to inspire and help others through his book, ‘My Fatal First Date.’ Smith was on a ...

Leslie Reeves and Chris Smith / Credit: Bethany Smith Stephan/Sharon Costanza Smith survived the shooting but doesn't remember anything from that Thanksgiving Day. Hobson later told him some details.

That was right before Thanksgiving in 2021, when Smith went on a first date with Leslie Reeves. Reeves' ex-boyfriend, Robert Tarr, tracked the two down at Smith's home in Illinois.

FARMERSVILLE — The murder of Leslie Reeves gripped southwest Illinois when news of her death broke in November 2021. Now, it's the subject of a "48 Hours" episode that will air at 9 p.m ...

Leslie J. Reeves, 45, of Troy, Illinois, was shot to death on Thanksgiving Eve 2021 by an ex-boyfriend while on a first date. ... Christopher J. Smith, was shot in the head and barely survived.

In Illinois, fitness instructor Leslie Reeves was killed and her date Chris Smith was gravely wounded in a 2021 shooting ambush. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty breaks down how ...

It was the night before Thanksgiving, and Leslie Reeves and Chris Smith were going out on their first date. They later went back to his house in the small community of Farmersville, south of ...

Smith was paralyzed after being shot in November 2021. Chris Smith recounts surviving a shooting on a first date in 2021 and inspires with his new book. Skip Navigation ...