A woman, who was shot in the head during thehorrific mass shootingin Dayton, Ohio early Sunday morning, expressed one heartbreaking final wish on the phone with her boyfriend — to get home to her children.
“She FaceTimed me and said ‘Babe, I just got shot in my head, I need to get to my kids,” Lee wrote on Sunday following the massacre.
“Like that’s strong as f— to hold off to call me!!” Lee continued. “She was letting me know she loved me and to take care of these kids and I got you babe!!!!!!!! I can’t stop crying!!!!!!!”
In a separate Facebook post, Leerevealed he is strugglingto come to terms with his girlfriend’s death.
“Soon as I open my eyes, tears instantly fall! My girls momma gone man!” he wrote. “What the f—??? I don’t know what to do!!!”
“We grew up as cousins,” Merrett toldDayton Daily News. “We grew up in the same church, on the same drill team. She works at my kids’ daycare. We all grew up in this little town. We’re all family. We’re all hurting behind this.”
“She was a wonderful mother, a wonderful person,” Merrett toldDayton Daily News. “I have cried so much, I can’t cry anymore.”
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One of the victims killed in the attack was the shooter’s sister,22-year-old Megan Betts, with whom he had grown up in the Dayton suburbs. At least 27 other people were injured.
Police believe the shooter acted alone but the investigation continues, said Carper.
“Downtown Dayton is a very safe area,” Carper said. “This is unheard of and very sad. It’s a very tragic evening.”
The Dayton shooting followeda mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, inside a Walmartin which 20 people were killed and 26 were injured.
Police arrested a 21-year-old male suspect in El Paso and authorities are investigating the shooting as a hate crime after learning the suspect apparently wrote a manifesto with white nationalist themes, a source familiar with the investigation told PEOPLE.
source: people.com
