Crime & Safety

South Carolina Man Travels to Peabody Before Shooting at Mother and Kids

A South Carolina man had followed a woman and her two kids to Peabody and then took his own life shortly after shooting at the three.

A South Carolina woman said that her neighbor down in Aiken, S.C., had been harassing her before traveling up to Peabody this past Sunday, according to an article in the Salem News.

The neighbor, now identified as Wilfredo Lorenzo, 47, of Aiken, eventually tried shooting at the woman and her two kids outside of the woman's father's house in Peabody Sunday. He then took his own life.

Lorenzo had allegedly pulled a knife on the woman when they were in Aiken and was arrested. After he returned from jail, he was evicted from his home.

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