Only 20 days in to the new year, and already a multiple homicide. Today, a young man shot and killed his girlfriend, her father, and wounded her mother. The mother died later of complications from the shooting.
Perhaps the most disturbing part of this story is that when the young man turned himself in, he had the couple’s 4 year old daughter in tow. One can’t help but wonder if this precious toddler knew that her mommy was dead?
No motive has been released as of yet, and investigators aren’t releasing the names of the victims right now. However, one can only imagine that this is another instance where, in the heat of the moment, things grew out of control and caused this young man to snap.
Perhaps the biggest crime is that the little girl will be without both her mommy and her daddy. Although she probably won’t remember the day her father took her to the police station to turn himself in for murdering her mother that moment will breed a lot of pain and resentment for her in the future.
The victims are young – the young mom 23, and her parents in their mid 50s. There was a lot lost today in Memphis, a city that knows the chilling effects of multiple homicides all too well.
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