Crime & Safety
Towamencin Man Beats, Chokes Girlfriend Over Text, Claims He Shot Someone: Report
The man later reportedly pointed the gun at his head and asked her, "is this what you want?"

A Towamencin man allegedly beat and choked his girlfriend after telling her that he just shot someone, according to a story in The Reporter.
Shareef Dontae Parker, 24, of the 300 block of Christopher Court, allegedly came home sometime after midnight and started screaming to his girlfriend, “I just shot someone!” the report states.
Parker then asked her if she’d been texting a mutual male friend of theirs, and when she said she had, he starting punching her, pulling her hair, choking her, and pointing a semi-automatic handgun at her head, saying he was going to kill her, according to the report.
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Parker’s friends eventually arrived and pulled him off of her as she tried to flee, the report states.
Before Parker left the scene, he reportedly stood on the front lawn, pointed the gun at his own head, and asked his girlfriend, “is this what you want?
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Parker’s hearing is August 28 and it’s unknown if his claims that he “just shot someone” are true or fabricated, the report states.
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