.45 Caliber Gun
A display of 7-round .45 caliber handguns are seen at Coliseum Gun Traders Ltd. in Uniondale, New York January 16, 2013. President Barack Obama proposed a new assault weapons ban and mandatory background checks for all gun buyers on Wednesday as he tried to channel national outrage over the Newtown school massacre into the biggest U.S. gun-control push in decades. Reuters

Despite a gunshot wound in the head inflicted by her father, a 12-year-old girl in Queens, New York, called 911 on Saturday morning and sought help. Besides the girl, Jonathan Walker, 34, also shot his girlfriend, the mum of his girlfriend and a younger daughter for unknown reason.

When the police arrived, the brave 12-year-old opened the door for the cops and talked to them for 15 minutes even if she had a head wound. The bullet exited through her eyes, reports the New York Post.

The police rushed her to the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park where she remains in critical condition.

Walker, weighed 260 pounds and stood at 6 feet and 6 inches, was a nightclub bouncer. He reportedly went from room to room and shot Kayla Walker, 7; Shantai Hale, 31; and Viola Warren, 62. The three are his daughter, wife and mother-in-law, respectively; all sustained head wounds and declared dead at the scene of the crime.

A neighbour said the Walkers were a “nice, happy family.” Jonathan was even seen smiling outside their home on Friday. The family had been seen taking walks, dining and driving around the neighbourhood. That night, Walker told a friend that he was watching a movie in Netflix with his family and having some beer.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said the Walkers had little evidence of discord, except for two minor domestic incidents in 2005 and 2006.

Wendell Warren, the brother of Viola, said the Walkers were supposed to spend time with relatives on Friday night.

Walker arrived home at 5:38 a.m. By 5:45 a.m., the elder daughter called 911 to report the shooting.

Also living in the same house was Jennifer Warren, the sister of Viola, who stays on the ground floor and didn’t hear the gunshots because of a hearing problem. “It’s a good thing she didn’t hear the shots because she would have come running upstairs and I would’ve missed another sister. That saved her,” Warren told the New York Post.

Walker’s dead body was found inside his car, a silver 2013 GMC Acadia. He committed suicide using the same .45 caliber gun that took the life of three of his loved ones. The vehicle was parked in an area near the John F. Kennedy Airport.

Warren said that while Walker drinks, he didn’t have a drinking problem. “There was no indication of anything that could make him remotely do this, none whatsoever. It just came out of nowhere,” he adds.

To contact the writer, email: v.hernandez@ibtimes.com.au

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