Nationwide — 36-year-old Shendora Adams and her 19-year-old son, Tyiun, from Bainbridge, Georgia, had been tragically killed in a murder-suicide on Thanksgiving day. Shendora’s ex-boyfriend, Jamar Calloway, reportedly shot them at their dwelling earlier than fleeing to Ocala, Florida, the place he additionally took his personal life.
Shendora’s sister, Tynesia Wilson, mentioned the deaths had been the results of an ongoing cycle of home violence. They had been beforehand residing collectively however Adams has since kicked him out.
“My sister was within the technique of leaving. He would go nowhere. Like she completed put him out a number of occasions,” Wilson advised WALB.
Regardless of a restraining order, Calloway, who’s 36 years previous, broke into their dwelling on the morning of the capturing. Tyiun, who had usually stepped in to guard his mom throughout earlier home disputes, tried to defend her as soon as once more.
“When it got here to his mother and sister, he’s going (to) shield them with every little thing he’s received,” Wilson mentioned.
Home violence studies from the Decatur County Sheriff’s Division present a historical past of disputes between the estranged couple, with Calloway dealing with costs in a 2017 battery case involving a distinct sufferer.
“I’m harm like. I need to know why he did it. Why he couldn’t simply depart her alone?” Wilson mentioned.
Tyiun was a senior at Bainbridge Excessive Faculty, planning to develop into a truck driver after commencement in 2025. His household is devastated by the lack of each him and his mom.
