A Washington state
woman was fatally shot by her estranged husband in an elementary school parking
lot on Tuesday while sitting in a vehicle with her three young children and
mother.
A GoFundMe page
started by Tabitha Ojeda identifies the slain victim as Tiffany Hill, her
sister. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office has said the killer, Tiffany’s
estranged husband Keland Hill, 38, shot himself in the head after a short
vehicle police chase.
Police said Tiffany
had an active restraining order against Keland, who was out on bail pending a
court hearing when he killed his wife in the parking lot of Sarah J. Anderson
Elementary School in Hazel Dell.
Ojeda wrote on the
GoFundMe page that their mother was also shot three times and has undergone
multiple surgeries but is expected to survive.
Ojeda said she and her
other surviving sister will care for the three children and are trying to raise
enough money for seven plane tickets back to New York.
The Columbian
newspaper reports that court records show a history of domestic violence by
Keland against Tiffany, including an incident in which she suffered a
concussion and whiplash after he locked her out of their bedroom, threw her
against a wall and shoved her into the garage.
Tiffany had written in
court documents that she believed her husband might kill her if he wasn’t held
accountable for his abuse.
