'Free Her' Campaign Takes Off After Day Care Operator Allegedly Shoots Her Husband and Tells Police the Reason Why
What began as a situation involving a woman barricaded in a hotel room has morphed into a Twitter campaign to free Baltimore-area resident Shanteari Weems, who admits she shot her husband. The incident began Thursday…
What began as a situation involving a woman barricaded in a hotel room has morphed into a Twitter campaign to free Baltimore-area resident Shanteari Weems, who admits she shot her husband.
The incident began Thursday night at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C.
According to a police affidavit, the smoke detector went off in Weems ‘ hotel room and is believed to have been triggered by a gun being fired.
A hotel staff member who responded “observed blood on the wall” after entering the room.
When police responded, Weems would not let them in. The man in the room called out that he had been shot. Weems remained barricaded inside the room for about 30 minutes, according to WRC-TV.
After police forced their way into the room, Weems offered a justification for Shooting the man, who she said was her husband of five years, according to The Washington Post.
She said Children at the daycare she runs in Maryland