Photo: FacebookA teenage girl and the father of her friend were killed Sunday morning when a man with an alleged history of violence against females forced his way into a home during a sleepover and began shooting, eventually turning the gun on himself before police arrived.PEOPLE confirms with investigators that John James Bocek, 23, opened fire moments after breaking into the Charlotte, North Carolina, home through the back door.Bocek, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokesman, entered the home in search of a teen girl with whom he’d had an unspecified relationship.While in the house, Bocek fatally shot Matthew Allen Chaplin, 51, the father of one of the girls, and 15-year-old Jenna Elizabeth Hewitt.When police arrived, they found the fatal victims and Bocek, who was barely alive from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He died soon after arriving at the hospital, the spokesman tells PEOPLE.John James Bocek.Mecklenburg County Sheriff Office• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.Bocek had been accused on multiple occasions of violent behavior toward females.Local reports indicate the shooter had active arrest warrants for both robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.According tothe Charlotte Observer, police allege Bocek recently assaulted a teenage girl and stole her phone.He was also arrested in 2017, after allegedly assaulting, cyberstalking and threatened a woman. The disposition of those charges was not immediately clear.
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A teenage girl and the father of her friend were killed Sunday morning when a man with an alleged history of violence against females forced his way into a home during a sleepover and began shooting, eventually turning the gun on himself before police arrived.PEOPLE confirms with investigators that John James Bocek, 23, opened fire moments after breaking into the Charlotte, North Carolina, home through the back door.Bocek, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokesman, entered the home in search of a teen girl with whom he’d had an unspecified relationship.While in the house, Bocek fatally shot Matthew Allen Chaplin, 51, the father of one of the girls, and 15-year-old Jenna Elizabeth Hewitt.When police arrived, they found the fatal victims and Bocek, who was barely alive from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He died soon after arriving at the hospital, the spokesman tells PEOPLE.John James Bocek.Mecklenburg County Sheriff Office• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.Bocek had been accused on multiple occasions of violent behavior toward females.Local reports indicate the shooter had active arrest warrants for both robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.According tothe Charlotte Observer, police allege Bocek recently assaulted a teenage girl and stole her phone.He was also arrested in 2017, after allegedly assaulting, cyberstalking and threatened a woman. The disposition of those charges was not immediately clear.
A teenage girl and the father of her friend were killed Sunday morning when a man with an alleged history of violence against females forced his way into a home during a sleepover and began shooting, eventually turning the gun on himself before police arrived.
PEOPLE confirms with investigators that John James Bocek, 23, opened fire moments after breaking into the Charlotte, North Carolina, home through the back door.
Bocek, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokesman, entered the home in search of a teen girl with whom he’d had an unspecified relationship.
While in the house, Bocek fatally shot Matthew Allen Chaplin, 51, the father of one of the girls, and 15-year-old Jenna Elizabeth Hewitt.
When police arrived, they found the fatal victims and Bocek, who was barely alive from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He died soon after arriving at the hospital, the spokesman tells PEOPLE.
John James Bocek.Mecklenburg County Sheriff Office
• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.
Bocek had been accused on multiple occasions of violent behavior toward females.
Local reports indicate the shooter had active arrest warrants for both robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
According tothe Charlotte Observer, police allege Bocek recently assaulted a teenage girl and stole her phone.
He was also arrested in 2017, after allegedly assaulting, cyberstalking and threatened a woman. The disposition of those charges was not immediately clear.
source: people.com
