‘SHOCKED HE COULD SHOOT DEAD OWN SON’
Grief-stricken widow says hubby, who was to pick her up, loved their youngest son very much
“IRECEIVED a WhatsApp from him (my husband) in the early evening yesterday (Thursday; prior to the incident) telling me that he wanted to meet up and fetch me from my mother’s house. I was happy because I had not seen him for a week.
“I then received news from the police that he was found in a car with my son.”
These were words of the widow of a 35-year-old police corporal, who allegedly shot the couple’s 7year-old son before shooting himself here on Thursday.
The father and son were found dead in a Proton Wira in Taman Sentosa Jaya, Paroi. Police received a distress call about the incident at 6.42pm.
The woman, 38, an operator of a food business, said she was at her mother’s house in Taman Bidara, Senawang when she was told of the incident.
The last time the woman met her husband was last Thursday.
“I was shocked to receive the news of my husband and son found dead in a car because I had been waiting for him to fetch me,” she said when met at her home in Taman Cempaka Fasa 4, Senawang yesterday.
When speaking to Harian Metro, she did not deny there were disagreements between them since they married in 2009, but these were resolved within two or three days.
“I admit our relationship wasn’t always perfect. We disagreed about household matters, but those were resolved.
“Everyone has problems, but not to the point of losing all sensibilities.
“I am shocked he (her husband) could shoot our own son because he had always loved our son very much.
“I cannot accept the fact that he shot our son before shooting himself,” she said, overwhelmed with emotion.
The couple has another elder 15-year-old son, who has a hearing disability.
On the day of the incident, her husband brought their youngest son out to buy food. They left the elder son at home in the care of her mother-in-law, who was visiting from Kuala Lumpur.
She too felt the loss as it was also a week since she last saw the youngest boy.
“My youngest was a good boy. He was smart. On the day of the incident, he did not attend school because pupils were undergoing quarantine due to Covid-19.”
Meanwhile, the policeman’s sister-in-law said she was unaware of any major problems affecting the couple.
“I don’t like to meddle in the affairs of other families. We meet up often and ask about each other, but they never asked for help or related any marital problems to me,” said the 36-year-old woman.
The policeman’s brother-inlaw, 39, said the father and son were expected to be taken to a crematorium in Jalan Templer here today.
“We have lost family members who were good people,” he said.
Seremban district police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Said Ibrahim said the police were investigating what led to the shootings and the case was being probed under Section 302, classified as sudden death.
“Initial investigation found that the man had shot himself and we believe he shot his son before that. There were gunshot wounds to the head on both bodies,” he told Bernama.