3-Year-Old Girl Is Killed by Her Dad After Running Out to Greet Him, Then He Turns Gun on Himself

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However, that afternoon Jackson, 22, walked about 100 yards with his daughter before he pulled out a gun and shot her twice in the head.

Moments later, Jackson turned the gun on himself.

“Both bodies were laying in the street,” the neighbor said. “It was horrific.”

“He was just here on his daughter’s birthday,” the neighbor told the station. “He didn’t have a gun then. I think he came over with this already planned. Why else would you bring a gun?”

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On Monday night, dozens of people gathered at a local park for a candlelight vigil where pink balloons — pink was Cherish’s favorite color — were released as “Amazing Grace” was sung.

“She fought hard to stay here with us,” Cherish’s mother, Casey Scott, said, according to theNews Journal. “It just wasn’t meant for her to be.”

It is unclear why Jackson killed his daughter and himself.

source: people.com