Authorities say a 48-year-old man shot the mother of his children six times before taking his own life with a gunshot wound to the head early Wednesday morning in Harvey. The Jefferson Parish coroner's office has identified the deceased as Adrian Adams of Harvey.
The
victim, Brandy Perry, 34, was treated at a local hospital for gunshot
wounds to her arms, chest and ear, according to relatives. She is
expected to recover.
The shooting occurred at Perry's two-story
residence at 2704 W. Catawba Drive, Harvey, while the pair's three
children, ages 13, 12 and 9, were in nearby bedrooms.
The shooting stemmed from an ongoing quarrel over Adams' unemployment, according to Glen T. Boyd, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
Adams allegedly woke Perry from her sleep around midnight to argue. He
armed himself with a pistol when she tried to remove him from the house,
Boyd said.
Perry then tried to call 911 for help, but
Adams opened fire, striking her six times. Perry ran to one of her
children's bedrooms and barricaded herself inside, Boyd said. Adams
fired twice through the door. Perry told authorities she heard only one
more pop, the sound of Adams shooting himself in their bedroom, Boyd
said.
Stunned relatives, including Perry's father, mother
and sister, were with her at the house late Wednesday morning helping to
clean blood from her bedroom. Brandy Perry was too upset to talk about
the shooting.
Her mother, Julia Nickerson, of Gretna, said she
and other relatives received a frantic call about the shooting from
Perry's children just after midnight. By the time they arrived,
Sheriff's Office officials had already secured the scene.
Relatives
aren't sure what set Adams on his homicidal rage. Nickerson, was said
the two had arguments, but nothing that would have indicated this level
of violence.
"I didn't think the man was capable of doing something like this to her or to anyone else," Nickerson said.
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