A domestic dispute turned into a 4-way
muder-suicide, with the father killing his ex-girlfriend, their 2-year-old son,
and a criminal justice major acting as a mediator on the scene. There are
really no words for this.
NYDN: A man went on a murderous rampage over a custody
dispute late Wednesday, gunning down his ex-girlfriend, their child and another
woman acting as a mediator before taking his own life in an apparent
murder-suicide, police said.
Traymont B. Burton, 21, shot and killed
19-year-old Adreena D. Gary outside his ex’s South Richmond, Va., home and then
went inside and gunned down former girlfriend Michelle S. Kelly, 22, and
Keytrell Kelly, 2, before turning the gun on himself, the Richmond
Times-Dispatch reported.
Family said Gary, a community college student
who was working toward a criminal justice degree and hoped to become a lawyer,
was trying to mediate a domestic dispute between Burton and Kelly when she was
killed.
Police responded to a 911 call of “shots fired”
at 8:21 p.m. and arrived minutes later to a gruesome scene. Fire crews were
brought in to hose down blood on the sidewalk outside, the Times-Dispatch said.
It was a chilling scene, neighbors said.
“It’s just shocking, and the lady used to keep
my kids,” neighbor Chantell Woolridge told NBC 12. “And the thought in my mind
is, what if my kids were there?”
Kelly was described as a mom who doted on her
son, according to cousin Shaheem Simmons.
“She was more like my sister. We lived together
my whole life as a child. I watched her grow as a woman,” Simmons wrote on
Facebook. “If you knew her you knew she was sweet, respectful, caring, drama
free and a mother — a real mom.”
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