via Feminist Gamers, Escapist, Kotaku, etc.
On July 29th, Xbox Software Development Engineer Melissa Batton (a Harvard-educated lawyer) was shot by her estranged husband, Joseph, in a parking lot before he turned the gun on himself. She was 36.
This is a damn shame.
Not even two months earlier, Melissa confronted Joseph about an extra-marital affair only to have a handgun pointed at her face. Afterwards she filed for a restraining order only to have it broken numerous times- Joseph called her office 30 times in the span of two days and then entered her work building only to be escorted out by security.
It's a real shame that the law can't do more to protect women in danger. This man was known to have a fire-arm along with having broken the restraining order against him (more than once) and he was still free to walk up to his wife and shoot her several times before shooting himself in the head.
Sad thing is this sort of stuff happens all too often.
My condolences go out to the families of both Melissa and Joseph, for they must all be feeling very confused, hurt, and helpless right now.
1 comment:
My heart goes out to her family and friends. I don't get how someone is allowed to have a gun when he has a restraining order.
I don't get why someone is allowed to have a gun unless you're upholding the law, period.
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