( MSN )
A man angry about his girlfriend’s loud music shot and killed her 1-year-old as she tried to shield her baby, Tennessee authorities said.
Marquavious Hampton, 24, got into an argument with his girlfriend the afternoon of Sunday, Jan. 26, and the argument turned physical, the Murfreesboro Police Department said in a news release.
Hampton then shot his girlfriend’s 1-year-old multiple times as the child was sitting in a stroller, police said.
The woman jumped in front of Hampton to protect her child, and one of the bullets pierced her hand, according to police.
The baby died at the scene and the mom was taken to a hospital for her gunshot wound as Hampton fled in a Dodge Charger, police said.
Law enforcement in neighboring Williamson County got an alert on Hampton’s car from a license plate reader and began chasing him, according to police.
Hampton eventually jumped out of his car and ran into a nearby field, and when deputies caught up to him, they found he had killed himself, according to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the incident.
Murfreesboro is part of the Nashville metropolitan area.
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