Friday, April 24, 2009

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An 11-year-old Philadelphia girl watched as her mother was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend, according to police.

Angela Jeffreys was attacked as she was about to take her daughter to school.
After shooting Angela Jeffreys, Aleem Ali turned the gun on himself and took his own life, police said. Jeffreys, 34, was attacked as she sat in her car getting ready to take her daughter to school Monday morning.
According to witnesses, Ali, 45, already had staked out the surrounding area and blocked her car with his so she couldn’t pull out, reports local television station WPVI-TV. He then got out of his car and shot her. When Jefferys tried to get out of the vehicle through the passenger’s side, Ali walked around and shot her again, police say. The child was not hurt in the shootings.
At one point, Jeffreys worked at the city’s Department of Human Services with Ali and Ali’s wife, Kimberly. Investigators say Ali was having an affair with Jeffreys and that all parties knew about each other.
"Even though people knew, they would deny it," a DHS co-worker told The Philadelphia Inquirer. "Nobody can really describe their relationship because it was a secret."
Police were called to Jeffreys’ residence last weekend because of an argument between the couple. Ali had left by the time police arrived, and Jeffreys did not take out a restraining order, Homicide Capt. James Clark told the Inquirer.
Jeffreys most recently worked as a court clerk for the Criminal Justice Center. One judge who worked with her described her upbeat personality.
“Every single day, she would joke with [me]," Common Pleas Judge Rose Marie DeFino-Nastasi told the paper. "She really had a great sense of humor. We're all very sad."
Jeffreys had two other children besides the 11-year-old who witnessed the tragedy

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