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Rochester, N.Y. – Police say a man shot his girlfriend in the head in their home on Massey Drive while their two kids were in the house.
Stuphonia Thomas, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene around 2 a.m. Thursday.
Police said the suspect, Cedric St. Louis, 31, was waiting for them at the front door when they arrived.
The children were not harmed and apparently did not even hear the shots. They are now with family members.
Police say St. Louis and Thomas were not legally married but lived as common-law husband and wife for more than ten years.
Police Chief David Moore said domestic violence happens far too often. It’s the fourth domestic-violence related homicide in Rochester this year.
"Unfortunately, 50 percent of homicides are domestic related. We are doing a number of things to deal with this issue in this community," said Moore.
“There appeared to be some kind of altercation within the residence. It does appear that the individual we are speaking with at this point made a call to additional family members indicating that there had been a shooting. We did respond at that point,” Moore said. “We are interviewing several individuals at this time, family members, to sort it all out.”
St. Louis has been charged with second-degree murder and is expected to be arraigned Friday.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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