An individual shot his girlfriend and her kid, who was ten years old, before taking his own life in a residence located in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, according to the authorities on Thursday.
Mercer County law enforcement officials have stated that when officers arrived to the residence located on the 200 block of Henry Street in Hamilton Township at approximately four in the morning on Thursday, they discovered a lady and her daughter, who was ten years old, suffering from gunshot wounds resulting from the incident.
The duo was reportedly pronounced dead at the scene, according to the police.
Additionally, according to the officials, the body of the woman’s boyfriend was discovered inside the house. The police suspect that the boyfriend had accidentally shot himself in the head.
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Police believe the boyfriend killed the woman and her child before turning the gun on himself.
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Despite the fact that the identities of the victims have not been made public by the police, a man who claimed to be the father of the small girl revealed that his daughter’s name was Evangelina.
According to Bladimir Velasquez, “I will never forget the day that I became a mother to a daughter.” “I am unable to adequately describe it. Unanticipated. The Earth is not yet ready to be conquered. As a rule, I was. However, have faith in God. Therefore, God is going to provide for us and assist us.
According to Velasquez, Evangelina and her mother had established a residence in the house located on Henry Street for a period of time. He added that Evangelina’s mother had been in a relationship with her lover for at least a year, and that the two of them had a kid together.
“I was told that the boyfriend was a little bit jealous but nothing, never to my attention,” Velasquez pointed out. “I wasn’t interfering.”
As Velasquez struggles to come to terms with the tragedy, he is remembering his daughter as a young woman who inspired a great number of people during the brief time she spent on earth.
“She never lost her fierceness. Powerful. Not negative. He stated that he was thinking about another person in order to assist another person. A long time ago, the first thing that struck me as peculiar was the fact that whenever she came across someone on the street, she would lower her window in order to assist them. I was therefore taken aback by the fact that she possessed that instinct.
Ongoing investigations into the incident are being conducted by both the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Hamilton Police Department.
