On Wednesday Michael Thornton, 41, pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her daughter
A Georgia man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her daughter.
Michael Thornton, 41, did not take it well when his girlfriend Tasharina Fluker, 41, broke up with him in March 2017.
On the night of March 22, Thornton called Fluker 24 times before showing up at her home in Lithonia, Georgia, with a gun.
He shot and killed Fluker, a mother-of-three and grandmother-of-five, and her 25-year-old daughter Jazania Myles.
Myles’ nine-month-old son was present at the time of the murders but wasn’t harmed.
When police brought Thornton in for questioning he told officials that the women had ‘jumped’ him and the gun ‘just went off’, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Tasharina Fluker, 41, left, and her daughter Jazania Myles, 25, right, were found shot dead on the night of March 22, 2017
Family and friends gathered in front of the home in Lithonia, Georgia, after the murders
Neighbor Trocon Talhouk said he had heard the couple arguing in the middle of the night.
‘[Thornton] kept saying: “All I want to do is get in the house,”‘ Talhouk told WSB. ‘And then, shortly after that, I heard a car speed off and the next thing you know fire trucks and police cars were pulling up.’
‘According to neighbors, [the two] fight all the time and he’s always beating [her].’
More than a year later on Wednesday Thornton pleaded guilty to multiple counts of murder.
He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison.
Reports revealed that Fluker had recently broken up with Thornton. The 41-year-old healthcare worker was a mother-of-three and grandmother-of-five
At the time of the murder Fluker’s sister Monique told police about the break up with Thornton.
‘He knew he had to leave,’ she told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in March 2017. ‘She [told me] he’s a good guy, but he’s not right for her.’
However, Monique said she was shocked that Thornton would commit such a violent act after all of the support Fluker had provided for him.
The night before her murder Fluker had been out celebrating her upcoming 42nd birthday with friends.