A man who met his baby for the first time kills the child’s mother and grandmother

A Maryland man has been convicted of murder more than three years after he shot and tried to set his own son on fire, killing the boy’s mother and grandmother.

Ebony Wright and her mother Wanda Wright were murdered by Ebony’s ex-boyfriend in April 2021, after he arranged to meet her newborn for the first time, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC, announced last week.

Keanan Turner, 34, also shot Ebony’s sister in the face and tried to set the baby on fire in the Washington, D.C., attack on April 12, 2021, authorities said.

The investigation revealed that Ebony and Turner had been in a relationship when she became pregnant, according to the statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Turner asked Ebony to terminate the pregnancy, which she refused to do, according to authorities. As a result, he cut off all communication with her. (The statement did not detail the timeline of events, but the baby was 4 months old at the time of the violent incident, according to a GoFundMe created by the family.)

After giving birth to their son, Ebony sued Turner for child support in a D.C. court. In response, Turned contacted her and asked to “meet their son for the first time,” according to the statement.

They agreed to meet at Ebony’s home in Washington, D.C., where her mother, Wanda Wright, and sister were also present.

Turner and the Wright family members, along with the newborn, had all been together for about an hour in the house when Turner carried out his attack.

He first shot Ebony in the head and then her mother, Wanda, in the back of the head. He then went to another bedroom where he shot Ebony’s sister in the face, according to authorities.

“Before leaving the apartment, the defendant set fire to the custody documents in an attempt to kill the child,” reads part of the statement from prosecutors.

He would later be identified by authorities because he ended up exposing a “unique” tattoo on his arm on a Ring camera that he was trying to remove as he fled the apartment.

Ebony’s sister, who was still alive, heard her nephew crying from the next room and managed to get him out of the apartment before calling authorities, the statement said.

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According to GoFundMe, Ebony’s sister, who was a college student at the time of the murders, was preparing to raise her nephew after the tragedy.

Turner was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder while armed with aggravated circumstances, assault with intent to kill while armed, aggravated assault while armed, attempted first-degree murder of a minor, second-degree cruelty to children, arson and destruction of property, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces a maximum of life in prison.

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