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Teen model shot dead by fugitive ex-boyfriend while she chatted to friends on FaceTime: cops

Kelvi McCray, 18, was fatally shot by her ex-boyfriend Keisean Shaw, who was charged with murder before dying from his wounds, police say https://www.facebook.com/kelvi.mccray.9 https://people.com/model-fatally-shot-facetime-call-friends-murder-suicide-8608011 A Florida model and beautician was fatally shot by her ex-boyfriend in a murder-suicide while she was on a FaceTime call with friends, police say. West Palm Beach Police Department officials responded to a report of a shooting at a West Palm Beach, Fla. home on Wednesday evening and found Kelvi McCray with several gunshot wounds, according to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by PEOPLE. McCray, 18, had been shot in the head, back and neck. Police also found her ex-boyfriend Keisean Shaw, 19, leaning against a wall in the residence suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, the affidavit states. Both McCray and Shaw were taken to the hospital where McCray succumbed to her injuries, per the affidavit. Shaw, who initially survived, was charged with first degree murder. He died the next day, police said, according to The Palm Beach Post. Police have since classified the case as a murder-suicide, per WPBF and The Palm Beach Post. According to the affidavit, McCray was on a FaceTime call with three friends at the time of the shooting. One witness told investigators they saw Shaw shoot McCray while on the call. The witness later identified Shaw from a photo lineup provided by police, the affidavit states.

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A teenage Florida model and beautician was shot dead by her ex-boyfriend while she was chatting to friends on FaceTime — while he was already being hunted for threatening her at gunpoint the day before, according to cops.

Kelvi Latrice McCray, 18, was shot in the head, neck and back last Wednesday by Keisean Woodrow Shaw, 19, who then shot himself in the head, police told the Palm Beach Post. Shaw was charged with first-degree murder but died the next day.

McCray had been eating dinner and FaceTiming three friends — one of whom called 911 after seeing the horror unfold, the outlet said.

Responding officers discovered both still alive in the Palm Beach home they shared despite having split.

The FaceTime witness identified Shaw as the shooter, according to an affidavit cited by WPBF.

McCray had ended their relationship of over a year in January but Shaw continued to live with her because he had nowhere else to say, the Palm Beach Post reported.

A day before the murder-suicide, McCray reportedly called police to report that Shaw had threatened her at gunpoint, strangled her and held her against her will.

​A warrant was issued against Shaw on charges including aggravated assault with a firearm and domestic battery by strangulation, the Sun-Sentinel reported. A countywide alert had been issued for Shaw.

“We had him at Gaines Park, he then fled took off, led us on a chase for almost five miles. We had to terminate that chase because it was just unsafe. He was on our radar,” police spokesman Mike Jachles told CBS 12.

“It’s just heartbreaking an 18-year-old was killed as a result of domestic violence,” he added.

McCray’s uncle Ricky Aiken remembered the young woman, who had a large following on Instagram and described herself as a model and beautician.

“It’s just heartbreaking an 18-year-old was killed as a result of domestic violence,” he added.

“I wrote in my journal last night that the tragedy isn’t that she died, we all must go — the way Kelvi went,” he told WPTV. “The tragedy is probably how she died and how old she was when she died.“Kelvi was a go-getter, she had an entrepreneurial spirit about her, she was as beautiful, as she was smart,” the uncle added. “I never would have thought this would happen.”

Police said Shaw was upset over the break-up.

“I believe the prevailing message through this experience is that we should be highlighting the need to protect our girls through making sure they know what to do if they find themselves in a situation like this,” Aiken told the outlet.The grieving uncle said there is strength to be gained amid the tragedy.

“I see the message in that, because if that young man wanted to do anything, it was to bring a sense of devastation,” Aiken told WPTV. “I think allowing it to not devastate us, speaks volumes to who Kelvi was as a person.

“We will continue to honor her with our life, with our intentions and with the work I do through my organization Inner City Innovators,” he added. “Kelvi has left a legacy and there’s not much more you could ask for a life well lived.”

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