Woman shot while shielding brothers from father succumbs to injuries — police

AMMAN  — A woman, who was allegedly shot by her father while shielding her two brothers during a domestic dispute in the Balqa Governorate over the weekend, succumbed to her wounds at a hospital on Monday, a senior medical source said.

The victim was struck with a bullet in the stomach allegedly by her father who “aimed his weapon at his two sons,” senior official sources told The Jordan Times recently.

“The victim received a bullet to her stomach and her condition was critical and she died today of complications,” the senior medical source told The Jordan Times.

One of the two sons was killed while the second escaped with minor injuries in the shooting incident that took place at the family’s home in Salt.  

Initial investigations indicated that the alleged shooting incident occurred following a “heated argument” between the “father and two of his sons, both in their 20s”, a senior official source told The Jordan Times.

“The father drew a gun and fired at his two sons; one bullet hit his daughter, 18, who was attempting to stop the fight between the three,” the senior source added.

The father reportedly fled from the house “but later turned himself in and handed officers on duty a gun he allegedly said was used in the shooting incident,” according to the senior official source.