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Kansas City man shoots girlfriend, her sister and mom dead during argument

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Armando Navarro Jr, Kansas City man shoots dead 3 women, including, girlfriend, Jodie Hopcus, her mom, Sherri Duncan and her sister, Hailey Hopcus.
Armando Navarro Jr, Kansas City man shoots dead 3 women, including, girlfriend, Jodie Hopcus, her mom, Sherri Duncan and her sister, Hailey Hopcus. Fourth woman survives shooting.
Armando Navarro Jr, Kansas City man shoots dead 3 women, including, girlfriend, Jodie Hopcus, her mom, Sherri Duncan and her sister, Hailey Hopcus.
Armando Navarro Jr, Kansas City man shoots dead 3 women, including, girlfriend, Jodie Hopcus, her mom, Sherri Duncan and her sister, Hailey Hopcus. Fourth woman survives shooting.

Armando Navarro Jr, Kansas City man shoots dead 3 women at Northland home, including his girlfriend, Jodie Hopcus, her mother, Sherri Duncan and her sister, Hailey Hopcus. Fourth woman survives shooting.

‘I killed them all…’ A Kansas City man is accused of shooting and killing three women, including his girlfriend, her sister and mother inside a Northland home early Sunday morning. 

Armando Navarro Jr., 50, upon his arrest on Sunday was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, four counts of armed criminal action, one count of first-degree assault, and one misdemeanor charge for animal abuse.

Notice of the fatalities came after police responding to reports of a shooting on Northland near North Merrimac Avenue and Northwest 65th Street, Sunday morning, Feb 2, at about 12.45 a.m.

Victims, surviving victim and suspect all lived at Northland, Kansas City home

Upon arriving, cops were taken to a home where three women were found unresponsive and suffering from gunshot wounds, FOX4KC reported. 

Kansas City Police Dept (KCPD) said emergency responders were called to the scene, and shortly after they arrived, all three women were pronounced dead.

KCPD identified the deceased women as 49-year-old Jodie Hopcus, 73-year-old Sherri Duncan, and 24-year-old Hailey Hopcus.

Navarro, who was identified as a suspect, was taken taken into custody later that evening. All five, including the surviving victim lived at the Northland home, KMBC reported. 

A probable cause statement — which includes an interview from a surviving victim with police –said that on the morning of the shooting, Navarro and one of the victims had been fighting.

The surviving victim said she was preparing to go to bed when she heard yelling and a bang.

She said she heard her mother telling Navarro to leave, and he replied that he didn’t want to leave. The confrontation continued for about an hour.

Armando Navarro Jr, Kansas City man shoots dead 3 women, including, girlfriend, Jodie Hopcus, her mom, Sherri Duncan and her sister, Hailey Hopcus.
Pictured, Northland, Kansas City shooting victims, Jodie Hopcus, Sherri Duncan and Hailey Hopcus.

Shot mother shielded surviving victim from suspect 

According to the Platte County Prosecutor’s Office, the surviving victim lived at the home with her mother, grandmother, sister and her mother’s boyfriend, Navarro.

After being asked to leave the house multiple times, the surviving victim said Navarro left the room where all the women were gathered. She said they all believed he was packing a bag to leave, only to return shortly after with a gun and a knife.

Court documents said the man then started shooting at the women and their family dog.

The surviving victim told police that her mother was shot in the arm, and as she tried to help her, Navarro grabbed a knife. Court documents said that her mother then shielded the surviving victim from Navarro with her own body.

After running out of ammunition in his original handgun, Navarro is alleged to have grabbed a larger gun and shooting the surviving victim’s mother and sister before trying to shoot at her.

Navarro missed, only hitting the surviving victim’s hair. This allowed her to escape to a nearby home where a neighbor called 911.

Northland, Kansas City shooting leaves 3 women dead, including girlfriend, mother and younger sister.
Northland, Kansas City shooting leaves 3 women dead, including girlfriend, mother and younger sister.

Ongoing domestic discord at Northland Kansas City home

After the shooting, the surviving victim said she saw Navarro leave the scene in one of the victim’s cars. He was taken into custody by law enforcement and state troopers that morning in Abilene, Kansas — which is about 150 miles west of Kansas City.

Court documents reported he was found armed with a revolver with five spent shell casings.

The surviving victim told police that the suspect often fought with her mother the Kansas City Star reported.

The prosecutor’s office said that in addition to the surviving victim’s testimony, Navarro’s son had called KCPD and asked police to check on the women inside the home.

He told officers that Navarro had called him at about 2 a.m. and said he had ‘killed them all.’

According to Platte County prosecutors, the three first-degree murder charges carry a minimum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. However, prosecutors could seek the death penalty.

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