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Mom of 3 Was Shot & Killed in Front of Kids Just Moments Before Driving Them to School

Three young siblings in Texas witnessed the unthinkable on Monday morning, just as they were preparing to head off to school. According to police, the children’s mother, 28-year-old Samantha Lopez, was reportedly gunned down right in front of them, as all three looked on in stunned horror.

But one of the most disturbing details about the crime is the person now being investigated as the trigger man: Lopez’s estranged husband.

The shooting happened around 7 a.m. on Monday, outside Lopez’s apartment on Harlow Drive in San Antonio. Just moments after Lopez loaded her daughters into the back of her pickup truck, the young mother was gunned down right outside her vehicle. Read the full story here ▶