Mom of 7 shot dead while holding her infant, family says
- A Maryland mother of seven died Tuesday after her boyfriend allegedly shot her in the head while she was holding their 2-month-old daughter.
- Shawanda Alston, 38, was sitting on a bed inside her Bowie home on August 20 when she and her boyfriend, Kimball Alton Hinton Jr., 41, began arguing over back-to-school supplies, according to court documents obtained by WUSA 9.
- Hinton, who is also the father of five of Alston’s children, told police another child tried to intervene before he allegedly pulled a gun from his pocket and shot Alston.
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- A Maryland mother of seven died Tuesday after her boyfriend allegedly shot her in the head while she was holding their 2-month-old daughter.
- Shawanda Alston, 38, was sitting on a bed inside her Bowie home on August 20 when she and her boyfriend, Kimball Alton Hinton Jr., 41, began arguing over back-to-school supplies, according to court documents obtained by WUSA 9.
- Hinton, who is also the father of five of Alston’s children, told police another child tried to intervene before he allegedly pulled a gun from his pocket and shot Alston.
Sources: The Independent