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Police said the situation began in an apartment at the Woods of Eagle Creek at 5100 Winterberry Drive.
A 13-year-old girl told police she awoke to the sound of popping, and went downstairs to find her mother being beaten by the woman's ex-husband.
The girl told police her mother's boyfriend was lying in the living room at the time. It was later determined that he had been shot and killed, likely by the ex-husband, police said.
The girl told police her mother was then dragged into a car by the woman's ex-husband and he drove off.
"He was dragging her by the head and she was screaming for her life," neighbor Cameka Smith told 6News' Jack Rinehart. She was like, 'somebody help me, somebody help me.' And then he grabbed the gun and put it to her head and said, 'do you want to die right here?'"
Police said that at some point, police said the woman was able to escape and run back into the apartment, where the 13-year-old had already called police. The ex-husband then followed, beating both the woman and the girl, police said.
The girl told police the ex-husband then dragged both the woman and the girl into the car and took off once again.
As they were leaving the apartment complex, the ex-husband shot the girl's mother but continued to drive, police said. The girl also made a 911 call from the car.
Police took up the pursuit in the 5900 block of Georgetown Road and chased the car until 25th and Pennsylvania streets, where officers performed a PIT maneuver to stop the vehicle, said IMPD Sgt. Matthew Mount.
As officers were approaching the car, the man shot himself, taking his own life, police said. The woman was also found shot to death inside the car.
The 13-year-old was unharmed, except for a welt from being hit to the head.
Police did not immediately release the names of the victims, but said the likely shooter had a prior conviction for reckless homicide and, therefore, should not have had a gun.
The 13-year-old was has been placed into protective custody. Police said her father is serving time in prison, so she will live with her grandmother.
Disclaimer before I speak on this...no one knows all the details of this situation.....
I have no clue what to write or say about this. It makes me sad and angry at the same time to watch such senseless acts of violence and loss of life. But I feel we are back to the same thing we have previously conversed about on this blog. Relationship choices and how they are affecting our children.
I am burnt out on trying to get the point across to women and young girls on how important it is to do their best to not get caught up with the wrong men. How many cases have we seen where lives (of adults and precious children) have been lost because relationship choices that adults make or because of who a woman or young lady moved forward in becoming involved with? And no, a female cannot control what men do, or who and what men become involved with, but we can control whether or not we are with them. We as females can attempt to make better choices in who we allow into our lives as well as the lives of our beautiful children.
Children can't defend themselves in situations like these. We as adults can give relationships time, to allow the other person in the relationship to reveal who they really are, and we can make better decisions based upon the facts that men show us about themselves while we are dating and as the relationship progresses. But it seems that many do not want to hear it, and perceive advice to make wiser choices about who they enter into a relationship or sexual involvement with as a personal attack. When it is really no more than a caution sign that can potentially serve as a protective measure for the lives of them and their children. I just don't know what to say anymore.....
Please pray for this young lady.
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