A teenage model and hairdresser in Florida was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend while chatting with a friend on FaceTime. Police said he had already been pursued the day before on suspicion of threatening someone at gunpoint.
Kelvy Latrice McCray, 18, was shot in the head, neck and back last Wednesday by Keyshawn Woodrow Shaw, 19, who then shot herself in the head. police told the Palm Beach Post.. Shaw was charged with first-degree murder, but died the next day.
McCray was FaceTiming three friends while eating dinner, and one of them called 911 after seeing the horror unfold, the outlet said.
Responding officers found the pair still alive in their Palm Beach home, although separated.
A FaceTime witness identified Shaw as the shooter, according to the affidavit. Quoted from WPBF.
McCray ended their relationship of more than a year in January, but Shaw continued to live with him because she had nothing else to say, the Palm Beach Post reported.
The day before the murder-suicide, McCray reportedly called police to report that Shaw had threatened her at gunpoint, strangled her and held her against her will.
A warrant was issued against Shaw on charges including aggravated assault with a firearm and domestic assault by strangulation. The Sun Sentinel reported. A countywide alert had been issued for Shaw.
“We kept him at Gaines Park, but then he escaped and chased us for nearly eight miles. We had to call off the pursuit because the conditions were dangerous. . He was on our radar,” said police spokesman Mike Jackles. told CBS 12.
“It is truly heartbreaking that an 18-year-old boy was killed as a result of domestic violence,” he added.
McCray’s uncle, Ricky Aiken, remembered the young woman, who had many followers on Instagram and described herself as a model and hairdresser.
“I wrote in my diary last night that the tragedy is not that she died, but that we all have to go the way Kelvy went.” he told WPTV. “The tragedy is probably how she died and how old she was when she died.
“Kelvi was a go-getter, entrepreneurial, intelligent and beautiful,” her uncle added. “I never thought something like this would happen.”
Police said Shaw was upset about the breakup.
“I think the message that’s being spread through this experience is that we should emphasize the need to protect our daughters by making sure they know what to do if they find themselves in a situation like this,” Aiken said. told the magazine.
A grieving uncle said there is strength to be gained even in tragedy.
“I think there’s a message there, because if that young man wanted to do anything, it was to bring about a sense of destruction,” Aiken told WPTV. “I think it speaks volumes about the kind of person Kelvi was to allow this not to break us down.
“We will continue to honor her through our lives, our intentions, and the work we do through my organization, Inner City Innovators,” he added. “Kelvi left her legacy behind and we couldn’t have asked for anything better to help her live her life to the fullest.”
