Lamar Bryant, Orange County, Florida man fatally shoots wife of ten years, Takeshia Eads dead after presenting her husband with divorce papers. Man had been out on bond for drugs charges earlier that month.
A Florida man is accused of fatally shooting his wife after she presented him with divorce papers earlier this week.
Lamar Antonio Bryant, 41, of Orange County, upon his arrest was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Takeshia Eads, 42, as per her maiden name.
Notice of the tragedy came after deputies responded to a 911 emergency call, Tuesday evening, where a woman stated, ‘My son in law, shot my daughter,’ according to an arrest affidavit.
Lamar Bryant, drunk and carrying two pistols followed his wife to the bathroom where he fired off multiple gunshots
Deputies responded to the home on Livingston Street, where they came across a female suffering from a gunshot wound to the head in the bathroom, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office stated in a Facebook release.
The woman, later identified as Eads was transported to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead according to the release.
WESH reports that Eads was a mother of four and that other family members were home at the time of the shooting. Prior to the shooting, the father had gone to pick up one of his daughters from school before — according to the siblings — the father stopping off at a liquor store and proceeding to drink and drive.
At some point the father stopped off at a storage unit where he retrieved two pistols, while now driving back to the family home, according to the affidavit.
Upon arriving at the family residence, Bryant noticed Eads sitting on the front porch and proceeded to follow her as she got up and began making her way to the bathroom, and firing off multiple gunshots.
When the father returned to the front of the house, his daughters, according to the affidavit, asked, ‘What’s going on,’ only for their father to shrug and say, ‘nothing.’
The father fled the scene before his arrested shortly after.
Takeshia Eads was the backbone of the family
Investigators shared that Eads had recently filed for divorce from Bryant, with the husband refusing to sign the paperwork.
The pair had been reportedly married for more than a decade.
Loved ones shared that Eads was a selfless woman who always helped the ones she loved.
Her adult daughter, who found her in the bathroom, said her mother was a ‘fighter’ and the ‘backbone’ of their family.
Of note, Bryant had been out on bond for felony drug charges from March 10.
Bryant is currently being held without bond after making his initial court appearance on Thursday, WOFL reported
