Shantavia Reddick.Photo:Spring Independent School District
Spring Independent School District
A Texas woman and her dog were fatally shot over the weekend while trying to help her friend escape an allegedly abusive relationship with her boyfriend, authorities said.
In apress releaseon Sept. 9, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as 28-year-old Shantavia Reddick.
According toABC 13 Houston,KHOU 11, andThe Houston Chronicle,officials with the Spring Independent School District confirmed Reddick had been teaching third-grade students at Smith Elementary School since 2020.
An investigation began around 6 a.m. on Sept. 9 when deputies responded to a report of a shooting at The Belvedere at Springwoods Village apartment complex in Spring, Texas, about 25 miles north of Houston, the sheriff’s office said. There, Reddick was found dead from gunshot wounds.
“Investigators determined Reddick had come to the location to assist a female friend who was involved in an on-going domestic disturbance,” the release states. “Reddick had come to the location with her dog and was making contact with her friend when she was shot.”
Investigators identified the alleged shooter as Dimitri Humphrey, 28, who they claim shot both Reddick and her dog, but not his girlfriend. He then allegedly fled the scene in a white Jeep Wrangler with the Texas license plate number: TFN-4278, authorities said.
“This is a deep loss for not only Spring ISD but to public education as a whole,” the statement reads, in part. “Our hearts are with her family at this very difficult time.”
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Smith Elementary School parent Shay Cooper told ABC 13 Houston that Reddick will be remembered as someone who “has changed the community and made a difference with the children.”
Anyone with information about the case or Humphrey’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office at (713)-274-9100 or Crime Stoppers of Houston 713-222-TIPS (8477).
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
source: people.com
