Dad shoots mom in the head as 2- and 3-year-old sons forced to watch (Belle Glade, Florida)

This poor mom "was trying to make the relationship work for her children." But that didn't stop stay-at-home (read: unemployed) UNNAMED DAD from shooting her in the head in front of their 2- and 3-year-old sons. These babies had to unlock the front door and run to a neighbor's to get help. Beyond sickening....

http://www.wptv.com/content/news/glades/belleglade/story/PBSO-investigating-fatal-shooting-in-the-Glades/FPZ-pAkGR0-armId0aQ1ow.cspx

Children watch mother shot in Belle Glade
Reported by: Paige Kornblue
Reported by: Jamie Holmes

Last Update: 9/24 6:51 am

BELLE GLADE, FL -- Family members of the woman involved in Wednesday night's double shooting say she has been in surgery at Delray Medical Center overnight and is in critical condition.

According to the woman's sister, the 20-year-old woman was shot in the head by the father of her children in front of the young children.

The man then shot and killed himself.

The shootings happened around 7:00 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 2300 block of Palm Glade Drive.

We're told the couple's two young boys were forced to watch as their dad tried to murder their mom in their apartment.

When the man thought the woman was dead, he turned the gun on himself.

The two young boys then ran to a neighbor's home crying for help.

The woman's sister tells WPTV NewsChannel 5 her sister is an outstanding mother who was supporting the father.

Family members of the victim say she was trying to make the relationship work for the children.
The victim's family members also say both the man and woman grew up in Belle Glade.

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BELLE GLADE, FL -- They watched it all. A three-year-old and his two-year-old brother trapped in their apartment and forced to watch as their daddy tried to murder their mommy.

When the man thought the woman was dead, he turned the gun on himself.

Only when it was over, was the older child able to unlock the front door and both children ran to a neighbor’s house crying their mommy and daddy had been shot.

"It's sad. I just wish I knew why, " says Nikita Brown, a neighbor.

What happened here was the end to a love affair.

Friends say the couple met five years ago, were head-over-heels for each other but had since fallen in a rut.

He had moved to Orlando but was back in Belle Glade trying to reconcile the relationship.

He was cooking her dinners, taking care of the house, trying to make it work.

Friends tell us though she was set on leaving. She wouldn’t get the chance …

Instead what once was passion twisted to violence and tonight two children, too young to understand why, saw things no eyes should ever see.

"To his family, I'm sorry. To her family, I wish the best."

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BELLE GLADE, FL -- The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is investigating shooting at the Palm Glade apartment complex in Belle Glade.

The shooting happened just after 7pm.

According to PBSO spokeswoman Teri Barbera, deputies responded to a shooting call. When they arrived they found a man deceased from an apparent gunshot wound and a female bleeding.

Detectives believe the woman suffered a gunshot wound to the head.

She was airlifted to Delray Beach Medical Center, her condition is unknown.