Joshua Thompson (left) is accused of shooting dead his ex-girlfriend, Kaitlynn Lee (right), and the mother of their children (Pictures: Floyd County Jail)
A mother-of-three was filming a TikTok video in her kitchen when her ex-boyfriend allegedly shot her dead through her window.
Kaitlynn Lee, 25, was ‘laughing, dancing and lip-synching’ to a song with a friend inside her apartment in New Albany, Indiana, when they heard banging on the window, according to court documents obtained this week by WHAS11.
As Lee said, ‘What are you doing here?’ a man pointing a gun at the widow fired several shots and struck her, said her unnamed friend and witness.
The TikTok video from Saturday showed Lee’s body falling and smoke ‘hanging in the room’, stated investigators.
Kaitlynn Lee was shot to death on Saturday in her Indiana home (Picture: Facebook/Kaitlynn Lee)
Lee suffered a gunshot wound to her head and was pronounced dead at the scene, reported the Kansas City Star.
She had previously told her friend that ‘if she was ever found dead, Joshua killed her’, according to the newspaper.
The suspect was identified as Joshua Thompson, 25, who had been in a ‘toxic relationship’ with Lee.
Thompson fled the scene but called his brother around 5am that day ‘crying and distraught, telling him he shot the mother of his child in the head and killed her’, state the documents.
Joshua Thompson has been charged with murder (Picture: Floyd County Jail)
He confessed to going to Lee’s apartment even though she had an active no-contact order against him, because he wanted to see if other men were with her.
Thompson said he saw Lee through a gap in her window blinds and saw both women dancing for the social media clip, knocked on the widow with his gun and broke it, then fired at Lee.
His firearm was recovered outside the window with a single shell casing used.
Thompson has been charged with murder and is being held at Floyd County Jail.
Kaitlynn Lee was shot dead while filming a TikTok video with her friend in her kitchen (Picture: Facebook/Kaitlynn Lee)
‘She didn’t deserve what happened to her. Those babies do NOT deserve to have to go through this. I will never be able to wrap my head around how or why someone could do something so inhumane,’ wrote Jannette Roberts, who started a GoFundMe page for her children.
‘Because of someone’s selfish actions her 3 beautiful babies now have to grow up without a mother.’
The GoFundMe page had raised more than $8,500 as of Wednesday afternoon.
Lee’s visitation is scheduled for Thursday morning at Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions in New Albany, with her funeral service and burial to follow in the afternoon at Fairview Cemetery.
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