January 4 2017 - [⚠️: murder-suicide, intimate partner violence, filicide, gun violence] COLUMBIA, S.C. — #MarissaReynoso's voice was calm at first on #NewYearsDay when she called 911 to report her ex-boyfriend was trying to break in through a window. It was her third plea for help in the weeks since he threatened suicide and told her "I'll see you in heaven." But about 40 seconds into Sunday's call, a voice screamed "he's got a gun!" For the next several minutes, the emergency operator unsuccessfully tried to get her back to the phone. Deputies arrived about a minute later, the sheriff said. By then, she and her children were already dead. Jorge Chavez, 25, shot his way through the back door of the #WestColumbia home, shooting his 26-year-old former girlfriend several times in the chest, their 3-year-old son in the back and their 1-year-old daughter in the chest before killing himself with a gunshot to the head, #LexingtonCounty Coroner Margaret Fisher said in a statement late Tuesday night. For more than a decade, #SouthCarolina has had some of the highest rates of #domesticviolence killings in the nation, and Sunday's deaths followed a frequent, disturbing pattern of threats and unwanted visits. Reynoso and Chavez broke up in October after five years together. She first called 911 about her ex-boyfriend on Nov. 14, telling Lexington County deputies that Chavez threatened to kill himself, showed her a rope in his passenger seat and said "I can't do this anymore. I'll see you in heaven" before driving off, according to a police report. Chavez returned unannounced on Dec. 12 after Reynoso agreed to let him see their children. #violenceagainstwomen#restinpeace#domesticviolence (at West Columbia, South Carolina)
