A woman seeking court protection against the father of her four children was fatally shot in front of the youngsters in what police called a murder-suicide.
Melissa Amerson, 26, was loading the children into her minivan just after 8 a.m. Friday when she was shot.
Police said her attacker, Rodney Morris-El Sr., 37, then walked about 30 feet into the yard and turned the weapon on himself.
Officials said the children, who range in age from 10 to 5, weren't harmed.
Neighbor Aaron Foster said he heard children screaming and the oldest child ran to his apartment and said, "Please help me. My mom has just been shot."...
**Blog Author Note: This is the second story in 2 days involving an unserved restraining order.
Note to certain commentors on the original article: Mothers cannot BOTH protect themselves and their children (natural instinct and given right) AND foster a relationship between the children and their father (as ordered by the family court system and promoted by social service agencies and the rest of "the system"). Which is it going to be?
Another Restraining Order Unserved, Rodney Morris-El Sr Shoots His Children's Mother in Front of Them, then Himself
Charles Edwin Gordon Tried to Kill His Wife So She Wouldn't Testify Against Him in a Domestic Violence Case; Restraining Order in Place
A South Salt Lake man is accused of trying to kill his wife after he tackled her outside a building and attempted to strangle her at her workplace earlier this month. Charles Edwin Gordon, 35, was charged in 3rd District Court on Tuesday with first-degree felony attempted murder, first-degree felony aggravated burglary, second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and stalking, a second-degree felony, in connection with assaulting his wife Sept. 8 in West Valley City. According to charging documents, Gordon went to his wife's workplace at the Discover Card Building, 2500 South Lake Park Blvd., to confront her. The couple had separated and the wife had filed a co-habitant abuse case against Gordon in June, court records show. A judge granted the woman a protective order from Gordon in July... **Blog Author Note: Restraining Orders, Restraining Orders...see previous notes...
Danger on campus College students more likely to be sexually assaulted
Sex crimes profiler Steve Thompson says sexual aggression is the number one problem facing college campuses.
"Nearly one in four women attending a university will be a survivor of a sexual assault," said Thompson at a campus forum at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge recently.
College students are more likely than the average population to be sexually assaulted by someone they know, said Thompson, who has worked as a sex crimes profiler on high profile rape cases, including the Kobe Bryant trial. He defines sexual assault as rape, domestic violence, stalking and harassment...
