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Man accused of killing wife, mother of 4 in their Orlando area home, deputies say

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      CROMBLEHOLME. WESH TWO NEWS. THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A MOTHER OF FOUR IN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE WILL GO BEFORE A JUDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME TOMORROW. INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS MAN HERE, LAMAR BRYANT, SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE, TAKISHA, AT HER HOME YESTERDAY. TONIGHT, ORANGE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT LED UP TO THIS SHOOTING. INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED BRYANT LAST NIGHT AFTER AN HOURS LONG STANDOFF WITH SWAT TEAMS. ON 192 RIGHT NEAR THE ORANGE OSCEOLA COUNTY LINE. THE VICTIM’S DAUGHTER SPOKE WITH WESH TWO EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT HOW THEIR MOM LEAVES BEHIND FOUR CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS DEFINITELY, LIKE, VERY HOLY. SHE HELPED EVERYBODY OUT. EVERYBODY LOVED HER. HONESTLY, LIKE LOVED MY MOM. LIKE THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT’S MOURNING HER OVER THE INTERNET AS WELL, BECAUSE SHE TOUCHED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SHE TOUCHED A LOT OF LIVES. SO SHE SHE WAS A GOOD WOMAN. COURT RECORDS SHOW LAMAR BRYANT HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY, INCLUDING TWO ARRESTS JUST THIS MONTH, WHERE HE BONDED OUT TWO WEEKS AGO. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP AND NEEDS TO SPEAK WITH AN ADVOCATE, WRITE DOWN THE NUMBERS ON YOUR SCREEN. WE HAVE THE NUMBER FOR THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE AND HARBOR HOUSE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RIGHT THERE. THEY HAV
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      Man accused of killing wife, mother of 4 in their Orlando area home, deputies say
      The man accused of killing a woman during a domestic shooting on Tuesday was arrested, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.The suspect was identified as 41-year-old Lamar Bryant. Deputies said he was charged with first-degree murder.Deputies began investigating after a woman was found shot in an Orlo Vista neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.OCSO said that deputies responded to a call on the 5200 block of West Livingston Street around 3:45 p.m. for a possible shooting. At the scene, deputies found a woman in her 40s who had been shot. She was transported to an area hospital, where she died from her injuries.The sheriff's office said the shooting was domestic in nature. WESH spoke with family members of the victim, who said there were people at the home when the shooting happened. Some reported hearing multiple gunshots.Family members identified the woman killed as Takeshia, who went by Keshia, and asked that we use her maiden name, Eads.WESH spoke with Keshia's mother and sister-in-law, who described her as loving and the glue that held the family together. She had four children and four grandchildren, with one on the way.

      The man accused of killing a woman during a domestic shooting on Tuesday was arrested, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

      The suspect was identified as 41-year-old Lamar Bryant. Deputies said he was charged with first-degree murder.

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      Deputies began investigating after a woman was found shot in an Orlo Vista neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.

      OCSO said that deputies responded to a call on the 5200 block of West Livingston Street around 3:45 p.m. for a possible shooting.

      At the scene, deputies found a woman in her 40s who had been shot. She was transported to an area hospital, where she died from her injuries.

      The sheriff's office said the shooting was domestic in nature.

      WESH spoke with family members of the victim, who said there were people at the home when the shooting happened. Some reported hearing multiple gunshots.

      Family members identified the woman killed as Takeshia, who went by Keshia, and asked that we use her maiden name, Eads.

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      WESH spoke with Keshia's mother and sister-in-law, who described her as loving and the glue that held the family together. She had four children and four grandchildren, with one on the way.