ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. — Authorities said a man who shot and killed a woman and two of her daughters in South Carolina before killing himself was angry that his one-time girlfriend had gone to the beach with another man.
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Calhoun County deputies said Gabriel Jordan started choking Shanta Singleton on Sunday, and then shot her after the daughters tried to help their mother.
A police report obtained by The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg said Singleton and her 15-year-old and 12-year-old daughters were killed.
Deputies said the youngest had jumped on Jordan’s back after he shot their mother. Two other girls, ages 18 and 13, survived the attack.