POSTED: 9:09 pm EDT September 23, 2009
UPDATED: 4:54 pm EDT September 24, 2009
BELLE GLADE, Fla. -- Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies said a man shot his girlfriend before killing himself while their two young children were inside their Belle Glade apartment.
Deputies were called to a shooting in the 2300 block of Palm Glade Drive shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
When deputies arrived, they found the man dead and the woman wounded. She was airlifted to Delray Medical Center in critical condition.
The couple's two boys, ages 1 and 3, were inside the apartment at the time of the shooting but were not injured.
Detectives said the shooting was the result of a domestic dispute.
"The female had returned from grocery shopping," sheriff's office spokeswoman Teri Barbera said. "When she got home, there was an altercation (and) shots were fired."
Deputies had been called to the residence on a number of occasions because of past domestic disputes. The latest call came Tuesday night.
"They've been arguing back and forth for like a week and a half," a neighbor told WPBF 25 News.
I.B. Robertson says his son was "under a great deal of pressure" and "wasn't able to deal with it."
Deputies said the children are staying with relatives.
The names of the victims have not been released, but WPBF 25 News reporter Jim Abath spoke to a man who claimed to be the father of the gunman.
I.B. Robertson said his son, Isaac, had been in "a rocky relationship" with his girlfriend. Robertson said his son was "under a great deal of pressure" and "wasn't able to deal with it."
"He was doing everything he could to try to make it work and sometimes, you know, you can do everything you can and then that's still not enough," Robertson said.
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