An Indiana man confessed to killing his teenage ex-girlfriend and her male pal in a chilling Facebook message before turning the gun on himself, police said Sunday. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story.
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Cops believe Bart Heller, believed to be about 40, shot Erin Jehl, 19, and Ryann Tipton, 19, when they stopped by his house to pick up Jehl’s belongings, ABCNews.com reported.
Then he took to Facebook to update his status.
“someone call 911,” he wrote. “three dead bodies at 3229 lima road fort wayne Indiana. I’ve killed ryann, erin, and myself. People were warned not to f—- play me and ruin me. They didn’t listen. Sorry about your luck.”
A woman in Washington state saw the status update and called police, who arrived at the scene to find the three, who were all declared dead at the scene.
Police told ABCNews.com that Jehl and Heller had recently broken up.
“We did learn that the female shooting victim had a relationship with the shooter,” Raquel Foster, a spokeswoman for the Fort Wayne Police Department told ABC. “We also learned that that relationship ended days prior to this incident. The 19-year-old male shooting victim was a friend accompanying the 19-year-old female shooting victim to recover some of her personal belongings.”
A friend of Heller’s told WWMT-TV that Heller had been jealous of Tipton and Jehl’s friendship.
“They’re all very platonic friends, but they all are very touchy, feely, huggy. They’re good people, and it’s my understanding it got on Bart’s nerves really bad and he just cracked,” Cynthia Noble told the TV station.
A candlelight vigil is planned for the two teens on Saturday at their former high school in Fort Wayne.
