A Michigan woman lost her life in a tragic incident when her ex-boyfriend fatally shot her and then took his own life. This heartbreaking event, as reported by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office, unfolded on a fateful Friday.
Gina Bryant, aged 25, was last seen on October 12. Her co-workers grew worried when she failed to return from her lunch break, and they began receiving unusual text messages from her phone.
The police investigation revealed that Bryant had returned home for lunch, only to find her ex-boyfriend, Justin Wendling, aged 26, waiting for her. Surveillance footage depicted Wendling leading Bryant to his car.
The following day, Bryant's parents received a distressing call from Wendling, where he confessed to killing Bryant and expressed his intent to take his own life.
Surveillance video confirmed that Wendling had shot and killed Bryant at a truck stop in LaSalle, Illinois, around midnight on October 13. He then fled to Iowa, where he tragically took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound when confronted by local officers.
The Detroit News interviewed Bryant's sister, Angelica Gintner, who disclosed that her sister had previously lived with Wendling but moved out in September due to his months-long history of abuse.
Describing her late sister, Gintner said, "She was a beautiful, kind-hearted, and generous woman. Her smile could brighten anyone's day, and she'd give you the shirt off her back. She was caring and compassionate."
At the time of her untimely demise, Bryant was pursuing her nursing studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, while Wendling worked as a doctor in Flint, according to The News.
The dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Michigan-Flint also sent an email to Bryant's colleagues, expressing, "Gina was an exceptional young woman with a promising future ahead of her," as reported by The News.
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